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Church Events - February 2012

St Peter's Church, Stanley, Wakefield — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:13:33 +0000

Weds 1st Feb

2pm-4pm

Mount Road Methodist Chapel: Coffee & Chat meeting.

Sat 4th Feb

8pm

Hands of Hope Cabaret Evening: at St Austin’s Theatre.

Mon 6th Feb

7pm-8pm

Singing Group rehearsal: a new monthly practise for everyone on the singing rota for Sunday morning services.

A new monthly singing rehearsal for everyone currently on the worship group rota for Sunday morning services.

The plan is to learn some new choruses and some harmonies and to enjoy singing and worshipping together. The rehearsals are also open to anyone else who would like to join the rota, or indeed anyone who would just like to come along and have a sing-song! The rehearsal dates have been planned for the next few months and are on the new church calendar, with the next ones being on Monday 5th March and Monday 2nd April.

Thurs 9th Feb

6pm

Moorhouse Community Action Group meeting at the Church Centre.

click here for details.

Fri 10th Feb

7:30pm

Film Club: ‘Johnny English’ Rowan Atkinson stars as a hapless MI6 agent, click here for details.

Sat 11th Feb

10am-12pm

Coffee morning at the Community Centre with tombola, cake stall, click here for details.

Sat 11th Feb

2pm-3:30pm

Crafty Kids: enjoy making the crafts but not the tidying up! Just £1.50 plus 50p for each additional sibling.

Come along and enjoy a new monthly children’s crafts afternoon at St Peter’s Church Centre.

Making, sticking, knitting, mosaics, crafts for all ages! Come along and enjoy messy play without the tidying up!

Sun 12th Feb

10am

Family Communion and Parade Service: with the uniformed organisations.

Thurs 16th Feb

7:30pm

PCC Meeting at the Church centre.

Fri 2nd March

7:30pm

Women’s World Day of Prayer at Outwood Parish Church.

Sat 24th March

10am-12:30pm

Spring Fayre at Stanley Community Centre with stalls and refreshments. Full details next month.

Church Events - A January top-up!

St Peter's Church, Stanley, Wakefield — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:51:35 +0000

Sun 8th Jan

2:30pm

There will be NO EVENSONG on this Sunday. Bill is leading a service at the Hospice at 2:30pm to which everyone is invited.

Fri 13th Jan

7:30pm

Film Club: ’A Beautiful Mind’: a multi Oscar and BAFTA award winning 2001 American drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. Starring Russell Crowe. click here fordetails.

Sat 14th Jan

10am-12pm

Coffee morning at the Community Centre with tombola, cake stall, and much more, click here for details.

Sat 14th Jan

2-3:30pm

Crafty Kids: a new monthly film club at the church centre, enjoy the crafts without the mess! £1.50 per child plus 50p for each additional sibling. Next dates 11th Feb and 10th March.

Sun 15th Jan

10:30pm

There will be NO MORNING SERVICE on this Sunday at St Peter's. The congregation is invited to the family service at Mount Rd Methodist Chapel at 10:30am.

Sun 15th Jan

4pm & 6:30pm

Christingle services at St Peter's Church Centre: celebrating Jesus as Light of the World.

The word Christingle means the Christ-light, and the tradition of Christingle goes back to 1747, when the pastor of a church in Germany, John de Watteville, wanted to help his congregation understand about God’s love for the world. He came up with the Christingle, which became popular within Germany before spreading to other countries.

Today the Christingle has been adopted by The Children’s Society as a way of reminding the churches in this country of their responsibility before God for the well-being of our nation’s children.

So therefore, all the things that make up the Christingle remind us of what Jesus did in coming to earth over 2000 years ago.

Christmas, what's it all about? (from Luke 1:26-38, 2:1-21)

St Peter's Church, Stanley, Wakefield — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:57:19 +0000

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth For no word from God will ever fail.”

“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.

Christmas, what's it all about? (from Matthew 1:18-24, 2:1-12)

St Peter's Church, Stanley, Wakefield — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:25:48 +0000

This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

Church Events for December 2011 and January 2012

St Peter's Church, Stanley, Wakefield — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:13:44 +0000

Sun 4th Dec

10am

St Nicholas Day Family & Parade service: bring a wrapped gift for a child in need.

Weds 7th Dec

2pm-4pm

Mount Road Methodist Chapel: Coffee & Chat meeting.

Thurs 8th Dec

6pm

Moorhouse Community Action Group meeting at the Church Centre. click here for details.

Fri 9th Dec

7:30pm

Film Club: ’Nativity’: starring Martin Freeman as director of a school nativity play. click here for details.

Sat 10th Dec

10am-12pm

Coffee morning at the Community Centre with tombola, cake stall, and much more, click here for details.

Sat 10th Dec

6pm

Torchlight Procession & Carol singing: from Mount Road Methodist church.

On Saturday 10th December, everyone is invited to meet at Mount Road Methodist Church at 6pm. We then plan to walk to Stanley Lane Ends for carol singing before finishing at St Peter’s Church Centre for mulled wine and mince pies. In previous years this has been great fun; please join us!

Sun 18th Dec

10am

Nativity Service: with carols, plus readings and drama presented by the Sunday Gang children.

Sun 18th Dec

4pm

Family Carol Service by candlelight: with Bible readings and carols, for all ages.

Sat 24th Dec

2pm

Crib Service for all the family, featuring popular carols and the telling of the Christmas story.

Sat 24th Dec

7:30pm & 11pm

Midnight Communion services: welcome Christmas Day at 7:30pm at Mount Road Methodist Church or at 11pm at St Peter’s Church Centre.

Sun 25th Dec

10am

Christmas Day Family Service: at the Church Centre, with Mount Road Methodists.

Sat 14th Jan

10am-12pm

Coffee morning at the Community Centre with tombola, cake stall, and much more, click here for details.

Sun 15th Jan

4pm & 6:30pm

Christingle services: celebrating Jesus as Light of the World.

Today the Christingle has been adopted by The Children’s Society as a way of reminding the churches in this country of their responsibility before God for the well-being of our nation’s children.

So therefore, all the things that make up the Christingle remind us of what Jesus did in coming to earth over 2000 years ago.

Church events for November 2011

St Peter's Church, Stanley, Wakefield — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:14:55 +0000

Thurs 3rd Nov

6pm-8.30pm

St Peter’s School Christmas Shopping Evening: Lots of special gifs to buy.

Grab a bargain from one of the many stalls! There will also be refreshments, a Bottle Stall, and a Paper Chain challenge for children to try and make a paper chain big enough to go around the whole school! Everyone is very welcome; children must be accompanied by an adult.

Sun 6th Nov

10am

Family Communion Service: Carol Brook will bring some Traidcraft items to buy or order.

Thurs 10th Nov

6pm

Moorhouse Community Action Group meeting at the Church Centre. click here for details.

Fri 11th Nov

7:30pm

Film Club: ’50 First Dates’: starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore; click here for details.

Sat 12th Nov

10am-12pm

Coffee morning at the Community Centre with tombola, cake stall, and much more. click here for details.

Sat 12th Nov

11am-3pm

Christmas Fair: at Mount Road Chapel, with cakes, crafts and much more.

Sun 13th Nov

10am

Remembrance Day Family Service and parade service.

Thurs 17th Nov

7:30pm

St Peter’s Church PCC meeting.

Sat 19th Nov

10am-12.30pm

Victorian Fayre at the Community Centre. Lots of stalls and refreshments. click here for details.

Weds 23rd Nov

7pm

Ladies Society meeting at Stanley library. New members always welcome.

Sun 27th Nov

10am

Advent Sunday & Anniversary Service: join us as we celebrate 10 years of being in the Church Centre with a bring and share lunch.

Sun 27th Nov-Sat 3rd Dec

Sinbad and the Magic Jewel: click here for full details of this year’s pantomime—dates, times and tickets.

Church Events for October 2011

St Peter's Church, Stanley, Wakefield — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:10:15 +0000

Sat 8th Oct

10am-12pm

Coffee morning at the Community Centre with tombola, cake stall, and much more, click here for details.

Sat 8th Oct

7:30pm

Harvest Ceilidh: in Stanley St Peter’s school hall, with live music, pie & peas.

Tickets £8, concessions £4, family ticket £20 includes a pie & peas supper. Please bring your own drinks!

See Jill Temple or Val McCarthy for tickets or contact the Church centre office, tel 01924 835746

Sun 9th Oct

10am

Harvest Festival & Parade service followed by a soup & bread harvest lunch: all welcome.

Thurs 13th Oct

6pm

Moorhouse Community Action Group meeting at the Church Centre. click here for details.

Fri 14th Oct

7:30pm

Film Club: ’The Lovely Bones’: with Saorise Ronan and Rachel Weisz. click here for details.

Sat 15th Oct

Biblefresh at Dewsbury Minster, free fun & activities, then The Rock Mass at 7pm.

A day of free fun, activities and displays for all ages. Come along and find out more about The Bible, past and present!

Weds 19th Oct

1:30pm

Jumble Sale at Mount Road Methodist Church: with cakes, refreshments etc.

Thurs 20th Oct

7.30pm

St Peter's Church PCC meeting.

Sun 23rd Oct

10am

Bible Sunday Service: at St Peter’s, with Stanley Methodists, to celebrate Bible Sunday.

On Sunday 23rd October, the family service at 10am at St Peter’s will be a joint service with Mount Road Methodist Chapel to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James version of the Bible. The Authorised Version, as it is known, has sold more than one billion copies across the World since it was first published in 1611.

During the service, members of both congregations will be sharing their favourite Bible verses. Over the past 6 months, a Bible and notebook has been passed around both churches for people to record their favourite verses and the reason why that passage means so much to them.

The Bible is arguably the most important single publication ever. It has inspired art, music and literature, and has changed lives and shaped whole societies. On Bible Sunday we will be talking about how the Bible has changed our lives, and how we can continue to learn from and be

inspired by the Bible.

Weds 26th Oct

7pm

Ladies Society meeting at Stanley library. New members always welcome.

Thurs 27th Oct

7.30pm

One World Week at Zion Church: David Dixon will give a talk about his visit to India.

Pastor David Dixon will talk about his time in Jaipur in September last year, when he and 12 other people from Wakefield helped complete a community centre which provides health services, education, and vocational training to local people.

Followed by light refreshments; everyone welcome

Sun 30th Oct

4pm

Memorial Service: for anyone suffering bereavement after the death of a loved one.

Church Events for September 2011

St Peter's Church, Stanley, Wakefield — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:38:31 +0000

Mon 5th Sept

1pm-3pm

St Peter's Singing Group: The group meets every Monday.

The group meets every Monday afternoon at the Church Centre from 1pm—3pm, with time for refreshments and chat. New members are always welcome; please feel free to come every week, or just every now and then. It costs £2 for each session.

We sing a great variety of songs. Last term we learnt songs from the World War 2 period and performed at the highly successful Dad’s Army night in July. Generally, we sing various well known and popular songs. No previous singing experience is required, just a love of singing and enthusiasm! Please come along and join us, we would be very happy to welcome you.

Weds 7th Sept

2pm

Mount Road Methodist Chapel: Coffee & Chat meeting.

Thurs 8th Sept

6pm

Moorhouse Community Action Group meeting at the Church Centre. click here for details.

Fri 9th Sept

7:30pm

Film Club: 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' with Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons: click here for details.

Sat 10th Sept

10am-12pm

Coffee morning at the Community Centre with tombola, cake stall, and much more, click here for details.

Weds 14th Sept

1:30pm

Jumble Sale at Mount Road Methodist Church: with cakes, refreshments etc.

Weds 14th Sept

7:15pm

Alpha Course at Zion Church.

Explore these questions and many others on the Alpha course, which will be starting on Wednesday 14th September at 7.15pm at Zion Christian Centre on Aberford Road, Stanley (use side entrance).

The Apha course is an opportunity for anyone to explore the Christian faith, in a relaxed, low key, friendly and fun environment. There is a meal together at the beginning of each session which gives everyone the opportunity to get to know each other.

The Alpha course consists of a series of talks looking at topics such as ‘Who is Jesus?’, ‘Why and how do I pray?’. After each talk, everyone will divide into small groups for a time of discussion. Listen, learn, discuss and discover. Ask anything!: Alpha is a place where no question is too simple or too difficult.

Alpha is for everyone, especially those wanting to investigate Christianity, new Christians, newcomers to the church, and those who want to brush up on the basics.

The course is free, and will run for several weeks. For further information contact Gary on 872262 or email gary@zionchurch.co.uk.

Thurs 15th Sept

7.30pm

St Peter's Church PCC meeting.

Sat 17th Sept

1pm-3pm

Scarecrow Festival at Stanley Playground.

Please display your scarecrow outside your home, business or school from 9th September, then bring it to the playground between 12pm and 1pm on Saturday 17th September.

On the day there will be:

Fairground rides

Live music and dancing

Refreshments

Prizes for the Scarecrows voted the best in their category.

Join us for a fun family afternoon!

Sun 18th Sept

10:30am

Harvest Festival Service at Mount Road Methodist Church.

Weds 28th Sept

7pm

Ladies Society meeting at Stanley library.

Sat 1st Oct

7pm

New Wine at Dewsbury Minster: an evening of praise, worship and inspirational teaching.

Sun 9th Oct

10am

Harvest Festival & Parade service at St Peter's: join us as we celebrate God's gifts.

Church Events for Summer 2011 (July/August)

St Peter's Church, Stanley, Wakefield — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:18:26 +0000

Thurs 14th July

6:00pm

Moorhouse Community Action Group meeting at the Church Centre. click here for details.

Thurs 21st July

7:30pm

St Peter's Church PCC meeting

Weds 3rd Aug

2:00pm

Mount Road Methodist Chapel: Coffee & Chat meeting. Please come along for refreshments and a friendly chat.

Fri 12th Aug

7:30pm

Film Club: 'Chariots of Fire' The classic film from 1981 of two athletes competing for glory in the 1924 Olympics. click here for details.

Sat 13th Aug

10:00am-12:00pm

Coffee morning at the Community Centre with tombola, cake stall, and much more, click here for details.

Sat 17th Sept

1:00-3:00pm

Scarecrow Festival at Stanley Playground. Bring your scarecrow and enjoy lots of fun.

It's time to start planning your scarecrow! Following the huge success of last year’s Scarecrow Festival, the Friends of Stanley Playground are planning another one.

Scarecrows should be displayed outside your home, business or school from 9th September, and then taken to the playground between 12pm and 1pm on Saturday 17th September.

This year there will be a Scarecrow Trail: if you want your scarecrow to be included on the trail, please register at the library during July. Trails can be purchased for 50p during August.

On the day there will also be fairground rides, music and refreshments, as well as prizes for the Scarecrows voted the best in their category.

Church Events for June 2011

St Peter's Church, Stanley, Wakefield — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:17:17 +0000

Weds 1st June

2:00pm

Mount Road Methodist Chapel: Coffee & Chat meeting.

These are monthly meetings held on the first Wednesday of every month. Please come along and enjoy some refreshments and a friendly chat.

Sat 4th June

7:30pm

Wine Tasting Evening: Come along for a fun night and sample some delicious wines.

The very popular annual event returns with a 'Guess the Wine' competition, nibbles, and a raffle.

Tickets are £11 which includes a sample of 6 different wines, 3 white and 3 red. Tickets are available from Neil & Julie West via the Church Office, telephone 835746. Formal dress optional.

Thurs 9th June

6:00pm

Moorhouse Community Action Group meeting at the Church Centre. click here for details.

Fri 10th June

7:30pm

Film Club: 'The King’s Speech' Come and see why this film won so many awards! Starring Colin Firth and Helena Bonham-Carter, click here for details.

Sat 11th June

10:00am-12:00pm

Coffee morning at the Community Centre with tombola, cake stall, and much more, click here for details.

Sun 12th June

10:00am

Family Parade service: with the uniformed organisations.

Thurs 16th June

7:30pm

St Peter's Church PCC meeting

Sun 19th June

10:00am

Trinity Sunday Family Service: A service at St Peter's with the Methodist Church to celebrate Trinity Sunday and Father's Day.

Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost, and is the day when churches think about the Holy Trinity of God: God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. June 19th is also Father’s Day, and everyone is warmly invited to join both congregations at our special family service.

Wed 22nd June

7:00pm

Ladies Society Meeting at the Library: David Greenwood-Haigh will be giving a talk about chocolate, and bringing some to taste and buy.

Sat 25th June

10:00am-2:00pm

St Peter's School Car Boot Sale: also with stalls and activities.

Cars cost £8, Vans and trailers cost £10. Please pay on the day. Sellers must be able to use a table top or the floor.

Please access the school field via the Lee Moor end of Long Causeway to prevent congestion.

Activities and refreshments: Bouncy castle and slide, Go-karts, various stalls, crafts, refreshments, BBQ, ice-creams.

Sat 2nd July

1:00pm-4:00pm

St Peter's Church Summer Gala with fantastic stalls and entertainment. click here for details.

Fri 8th July

6:30pm Dad's Army evening: a 1940's evening of singing, dancing, fun and entertainment, with wine reception and cold buffet.

This will be a fantastic evening of fun and entertainment for all the family!

Vintage wartime wine reception

Wartime style cold buffet

Quiz, competition and prizes

Wartime songs with the St Peter's Singing Group

Wartime auction

Dancing

Games for children

Fancy dress in the spirit of the 1940’s optional. Tickets on sale soon!