The service was to mark the restotration of the church bell, fixtures and fittings.This brought to an end a long standing project, (2011) which was greatly helped by the generous donation in memory of Peter and Marian Sutcliffe. Grateful thanks to Church Warden and Fabric Committee Chair, Simon Gilbert who did all the joinery work. The bell is on display at the rear of church and will be re hung in due course. Thank you to all who provided the refreshments in the Village Hall.
A number of consecration services have been poorly attended recently and The Bishop of Blackburn is extremely keen for this not to be the case as we welcome Joe to the Diocese. Below you will find a link to an online form which will ask for your details in order to book a place. This is for a seat in the congregation and is open to anyone from the Diocese of Blackburn. There is no cost. • General congregation – click here to book Consecration of the Bishop of Burnley (myiknowchurch.co.uk) Please note: the last date to book a ticket for this service is Friday 28th June 2024. To encourage attendance, three coaches will make return journeys from the North, East and Central parts of the Diocese of Blackburn direct to York Minster. These coaches are provided free of charge and seats are available for booking on a first come, first served basis. Each coach departs at the same time in the morning but will return at staggered times offering an opportunity to enjoy some extra time in York after the service if you wish or come straight home if you would prefer. You must go and come back on the same bus and the departure times will be sharp without opportunity to wait for people who are not there on departure. Please ensure your ticket is booked for the Consecration Service before reserving a coach seat. To book your coach seat, please see the details below: ‘East’ Coach pick up point (with car parking on site): Life Church Lancashire 30 Sycamore Avenue, Burnley, BB12 6QP Departure time: 0800hrs Leaves York Minster: 16.30hrs Click this link to reserve your place: Diocese of Blackburn (East) Coach Journey at Life Church event tickets from TicketSource
Pray. Our most important work will be to hold this process up to the Lord in prayer and pray especially for candidates and for those deciding how to vote. The Church of England will be distributing daily election reflections in the three weeks in the run up to Election Day and you can sign up to receive these here. Pray Your Part: General Election 2024 | The Church of England Encourage people to use their vote. It is so important that the Christian voice is heard in this election and that means getting our people out to vote. The new regulations around providing proof of identity at the polling booths may need some explanation to some of our people. There may also be volunteers in your congregation who can assist older people with transport Model good disagreement. There is so much that is unhealthy in our political dialogue at the moment. At events such as hustings and in our own internal conversations, we can model what it means to disagree well
The band played, hymns sung and retiring May King, Noah Lowden gave a brilliant speech. His speech is attached to this Newsletter as the microphone didn’t work as well as expected. Please do read it. In his year of office, Noah surpassed his target and raised £1250 for the Children's Society plus he donated £200 to our church. Thank you to all who helped make this a lovely, traditional church afternoon, followed by excellent refreshments in the Village Hall.For more pictures please click the link!
