The Tuesday Fellowship met on January 3rd for their first meeting of 2012. It was great that over 20 hardy souls ventured out in the awful weather to get to Illingworth Moor Church. Margaret Crawshaw opened the meeting with a hymn and prayer and then introduced two members of the group, Wyn and Janice Markham, who gave a talk and slide show of their trip to Canada to see polar bears. This was a holiday to Churchill on the Hudson Bay in late 2010 and they showed pictures of the bears roaming the tundra and also showed other highlights of... [read more]

We had a packed church for our Carol Service on Sunday, 18th December. The service was led by our own singing group "Hymns and Hers" with other members helping with the readings. A small choir of children sang "Little Donkey" beautifully, with a solo from Hannah Welch and "Hymns and Hers" sang "Silent Night". The children also put up pictures at the front of the Church to compliment the readings. It was an excellent traditional service and many thanks to those who organised the evening. After the service refreshments and mince pies were served

Over 80 people attended the annual Christmas lunch at Church on Friday, 16th December. They had a wonderful 3 course meal, finishing off with tea/coffee. Val and her staff did a brilliant job in the kitchen and the whole event was superb. Children from Abbey Park Junior School sang carols and after the meal everyone was entertained by a local singer, Ricky Cullen. A raffle was held and people were also invited to make a voluntary contribution towards the cost of the meal. Congratulations to all who helped in any way.

Thirtytwo members of the Tuesday Fellowship group at Illingworth Moor Church enjoyed an excellent Christmas lunch at The Ring O Bells, Thornton. Margaret Crawshaw was thanked for organising the event.
The next meeting will be on Tuesday, 3rd January at 2.30pm when there will be an illustrated talk about Polar Bears.

Our Christmas Fair took place on Saturday, 3rd December from 12 noon to 3.00pm and the local community (and beyond) supported the event tremendously. Santa was kept busy throughout the afternoon, hot and cold food was heartily eaten and stallholders and games did a brisk trade. Thanks to everyone who came along and a huge thanks to all those who helped in any way to make the Fair such a success. Over £1000 was raised for Church funds.

The last free Saturday Matinee for the time being is on 26th November at 2.30pm.The film appropriately is "It's a Wonderful life" starring James Stewart. Come along and get into the festive spirit.

The Remeberence Service was attended by over 60 people and Rev. Paul led the worship. It was a tremendously moving occasion and Paul included many appropriate images on screen. He also linked up to the BBC website at 10.58am and we were able to watch the events at the Cenotaph in London and hold our 2 minutes silence with them. A truly memorable service. Thanks Paul.

Nearly 200 shoeboxes for The Samaritan's Purse Appeal were dedicated during the Remeberence Service at Illingworth Moor. Boxes were brought from St Paul's Church and also Abbey Park School and many children will benefit from these gifts at Christmas. Thanks to all who donated and helped in any way.

Every Wednesday morning, 9 to 9.30am, Rev Paul is leading a short prayer meeting at Illingworth Moor. Anyone and everyone is most welcome to come along. If you are not able to attend but would like a prayer saying then please email it to our website and Rev Paul will be most pleased to include it.

This new venture will be for a trial period of 6 weeks commencing on Tuesday 8th November 10 to 11am. Come along and give it a go.