Church coffee morning
Thank you to everyone who supported last month’s coffee morning at St Peter’s church; it was a lovely morning and raised a fantastic £189.
The next coffee morning will be on Saturday 9th November from 10.30am-12.30pm with all the usual great stalls including cakes, raffle, jigsaws and more, and refreshments including bacon and sausage sandwiches. Please come along for a warm welcome and a very pleasant morning.
Friday evening, 8th November 7:30pm
‘Ladies in Lavender’ (2014)
‘Ladies in Lavender’ is delicately paced and heart-warming drama about unfulfilled dreams, innocence and unrequited love. Janet (Maggie Smith) and Ursula (Judi Dench) are ageing sisters who live together above a Cornwall beach in 1936. One day they discover a castaway (Daniel Bruhl) washed ashore on the beach. They nurse him back to health with the help of the local doctor (David Warner) and discover that the young man, a Pole, is a phenomenally gifted violinist. The castaway has an unsettling effect on the sisters, especially on Ursula, who finds her feelings for the man go deeper than being maternal and has her life changed forever. The film is written and directed by Charles Dance, and he has crafted a tender and bittersweet story of innocence and regret, helped of course by his two legendary and incomparable lead actresses.
Doors open 7pm, film start 7.30pm
Free admission, tea & coffee; bring your own popcorn!
Sun 10th November 10am
Remembrance Sunday parade service with the uniformed organisations.
Memorial Service
Sunday 3rd November, 3pm
On Sunday 3rd November at 3pm there will be a Memorial Service at St Peter’s Church for anyone suffering from bereavement.
It will be an opportunity to remember and pray for friends and family who have died recently or in the past, and for ourselves, who are facing feelings of loss, sadness and grief. An invitation is not required for this service, please just come along.
Harvest Lunch at St Peter’s Church
Tuesday 15th October, 12.30pm—2pm
Everyone, young and old, is warmly invited to St Peter’s Church on Tuesday 15th October for a Harvest Lunch prepared by church members and the Community Café.
The meal will include a hot home-cooked meal, followed by a fruit pudding, and tea and coffee. As in previous years, the tables will be set out very nicely in the hall and the children of St Peter’s school will be coming along to sing. The lunch is free of charge, although donations can be made if wished.
The next meeting will be on: Wednesday 16th October at 7.30pm
at the Outwood Institute, Leeds Road, Outwood, for: a Darts & Dominos evening
A light hearted evening of competition where skill is unnecessary and merely a bonus! Food and drink available.
A warm welcome to all men from Stanley and elsewhere!
The Harvest Festival Family Parade service will be held on Sunday 13th October at 10am at St Peter’s Church and will be attended by the uniformed groups. Everyone is invited to bring a harvest gift: for example fresh fruit or vegetables, dried or tinned food. The fresh food will be used in the community harvest lunch on 16th October, and the remaining food will be shared between St Catherine’s church food bank, and our café at St Peter’s church. Come and join us for the Harvest festival service as we give thanks for God’s many gifts to us all.
Join us this September for our benefice men’s group.
Wednesday 18th September at 7.30pm at Kirklands Hotel, Leeds Road, Outwood. This month we will here a talk on the history of Rugby League and Wakefield Trinity.
The men’s group was set up recently to organise activities, talks and social events for men from each of the four churches in the united benefice, St Mary’s (M), St Anne’s (A), St Peter’s (P) and St Paul’s (P).
The group aims to meet on the second Wednesday of each month, and so far have enjoyed beer drinking, a walk, history talks and an account from a former commercial pilot.
Friday evening, 13th September 7:30pm
‘Darkest Hour’ (2018)
During the early days of World War 2, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. With the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk by the advancing Nazis, the fate of Western Europe is in the hands of the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman). Whilst manoeuvring his political rivals, he must confront a terrible choice: negotiate with Hitler and save the British people, or rally the nation and fight on against incredible odds. Directed by Joe Wright, ‘Darkest Hour’ is the dramatic and inspiring story of four weeks in 1940 during which Churchill’s courage changed the course of world history.
Doors open 7pm, film start 7.30pm
Free admission, tea & coffee; bring your own popcorn!
Friday evening, 9th August 7:30pm
‘The Help’ (2012)
The number 1 New York Times bestseller by Kathryn Stockett comes to vivid life through the powerful performances of a phenomenal ensemble cast. Starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard, The Help is an inspirational, courageous and empowering story about very different, extraordinary women in 1960s southern USA who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project — one that breaks society’s rules and puts them all at risk. Filled with poignancy, humour and hope — The Help is a timeless, universal and triumphant story about the ability to create change.
Doors open 7pm, film start 7.30pm
Free admission, tea & coffee; bring your own popcorn!
