A relaxed and friendly baby and toddler group for pre-school children and their carers. Come and enjoy a cuppa and meet friends. £1.50 per child.
Play! Singing! Snacks! Stories! Toys!
Every Thursday in term time at St Peter’s church from 9:15am to 11:15 am
Phone 01924 835746 or 07746 849509
for more info
Tuesday Lunch Club at St Peter’s Church, Lake Lock Road
Every Tuesday, 10.30am—1.30pm
With refreshments, activities such as crafts, talks, films, games, quizzes, and a freshly cooked hot meal followed by dessert, for just £5 per person.
Don’t be lonely! Come and join us.
LIGHTHOUSE CAFÉ at St Peter’s Church
Every Monday 10am—12pm
For snacks and refreshments,
Followed by light lunches from 12pm—1pm
Plus, free Wi-Fi, Books, Games, Jigsaws, Newspapers, Use of Computer
A Warm Space and a Warm Welcome – Come and join us!
CHRISTMAS FAIR
Saturday 17th November
St Peter’s Church, Lake Lock Road
10am-12:30pm
Stalls: Raffle, soft toys, cakes, tombola, handmade crafts, bric-a-brac, toys, books, bottle tombola, greetings cards, children’s tombola, and much, much more!
There will be various refreshments including bacon butties
We look forward to welcoming you!!
To commemorate 100 years since the end of World War 1 Stanley War Memorial will be re-dedicated at an open-air service on the old church site.
3pm on Sunday 11th November
Led by Bishop Tony Robinson and Rev David Teece Followed by refreshments at St Peter’s church.
Also:
10am Sunday 11th November Remembrance Sunday family parade service at St Peter’s church.
Poppy shaped boards each carrying a name from the war memorial will be fixed to the lamp posts in Stanley.
Knitted poppy cascade made by the Knit & Natter group and others, will be on display in St Peter’s church.
Friday evening, 9th November 7:30pm
‘Their Finest’ (2017)
In London in 1940 during the Blitz and with the country’s morale at stake, Catrin (Gemma Arterton), an untried screenwriter, and a makeshift cast and crew, work under fire to make a film to lift the nation’s flagging spirits and inspire America to join the war. Alongside fellow screenwriter, Buckley (Sam Claflin), the pair aim to make a film that will warm the hearts of the nation and capture the imagination of the American population. Their film uses the talents of fading matinee idol Ambrose Hilliart (Bill Nighy), who reluctantly joins their production. Based on Lissa Evans’ novel, “Their Finest Hour and a Half”, this film is a witty, romantic and moving portrayal of a young woman finding her way, and her voice, during the mayhem of war.
Doors open 7pm, film start 7.30pm
Free admission, tea & coffee; bring your own popcorn!
The advert for a new vicar for Stanley (the full title is : Vicar of the United Benefice of Outwood, Stanley and Wrenthorpe and Priest-in-Charge of St Paul Alverthorpe) is online now, here you can see the role description and person specification.
There are also copies of the four parish brochures giving an indication of the types of churches and activities they support in their communities.
Please continue to pray for all the churches, the clergy in the benefice, their PCC’s and the community as a whole as we look to a successful appointment of this role.
Here is a link directly to our parish brochure for Stanley.
Note: The advert has now been removed from the Diocese website as the date for applications has passed
You can download the September 2018 parish magazine in PDF format using the link below.
The parish magazine is in Adobe PDF format, if you can’t view the magazine you can download a reader at adobe.com.
Friday evening, 14th September 7:30pm
‘The Time of their Lives’ (2017)
Determined to gate-crash her ex-lover’s funeral on glamorous French hideaway Ile-de-Re, former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins) escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins), a repressed English housewife stuck in a bad marriage. Pooling their limited resources, they hit the road together by coach, ferry, car and foot in a race to get to the funeral on time, becoming entangled in a love triangle with a reclusive Italian millionaire (Franco Nero) along the way. On this unforgettable journey, they find true friendship in one another – and have the time of their lives. Poignant at times but with warm and gentle humour, the inspired casting of Collins and Collins make this a must-see film.
Doors open 7pm, film start 7.30pm
Free admission, tea & coffee; bring your own popcorn!
For those of you who haven’t met me, I’m Jonathan, the parish priest responsible for St Mary Magdalene’s Outwood, and an associate priest in the benefice of Outwood, Stanley and Wrenthorpe. Over the next few months, the three churches in the team and St Paul’s Alverthorpe will be working more closely together as we look forward to appointing a new lead vicar in the future. Ministers across the team have begun meeting together, and over the next few months, you’ll see more of me, my wife Jo, and the readers from St Anne’s, while your ministers will be preaching in Outwood and Wrenthorpe on different Sundays running up to Christmas.
Change can be difficult. As we go through the next few months, work more closely and welcome a new lead vicar, there will be changes. But we have confidence in the fact that the God we worship does not change. That might sound like a Sunday school saying that you’ve heard many times before. But for the early Christians, it was a new idea: the Greek and Roman gods were worshipped because they corresponded to Greek ideas of perfection, which meant following the limits of nature perfectly. God in the Old Testament is the creator of all things, and guides the destinies of nations, but it also never actually says he doesn’t change.
But for Christians, especially as they reflected on what it meant to worship God “who is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light” (1 Tim 6.16), God was not just superior kind of being, which was perfect, unlike us. He was different – a creator, rather than a creature, so not subject to the limits of time, or any other limit. This vision of God still inspires us today: a God who holds everything, even time and space in his hands, and who is himself unlimited, is a God who is above every situation we might face, and also a God we will always want to know more about. Gregory of Nyssa, one of the early Christian mystics, wrote that a god like this would always satisfy us:
This is truly the vision of God: never to be satisfied in our desire to see him. But by looking at what we do see, we must always rekindle our desire to see more. So there can be no limit interrupting our growth in ascending to God, because there is no limit to the Good, and our desire for the Good is not ended by being satisfied.
So as the changes ring around us, take confidence: God stays the same, and he always calls us towards him. Every blessing,
Father Jonathan Bish, Priest at St Mary Magdalene, Outwood
Friday evening, 10th August 7:30pm
‘Peter Rabbit’ (2018)
In Peter Rabbit, the mischievous and adventurous hero who has captivated generations of readers now takes on the starring role of his own contemporary comedy. In the film, Peter’s feud with Mr McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson) escalates to greater heights than ever before as their fight to gain control of McGregor’s coveted vegetable garden and the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover who lives next door (Rose Byrne) extends to the Lake District and London. James Corden voices the character of Peter with playful spirit and wild charm, with Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki, and Daisy Ridley performing the voice roles of the triplets, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail. Based on the familiar and cherished tale by Beatrix Potter, this was a recent family blockbuster in cinemas.
Doors open 7pm, film start 7.30pm
Free admission, tea & coffee; bring your own popcorn!
You can download the July/August 2018 parish magazine in PDF format using the link below.
The parish magazine is in Adobe PDF format, if you can’t view the magazine you can download a reader at adobe.com.
Friday evening, 13th July 7:30pm
‘License to Wed’ (2008)
License To Wed sees newly engaged, Ben Murphy (John Krasinski) and Sadie Jones (Mandy Moore) trying to start their life together and live happily ever after. The problem is, Sadie’s family church, St Augustine’s, is run by the Reverend Frank (Robin Williams—in a typically madcap role!), who won’t bless Ben and Sadie’s union until they pass his patented, fool-proof marriage preparation course. Consisting of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy, Reverend Frank’s rigorous curriculum puts Ben and Sadie’s relationship to the test. Do they have what it takes to make it to the altar?
Doors open 7pm, film start 7.30pm
Free admission, tea & coffee; bring your own popcorn!
