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A warm welcome awaits you at St Mary's & St George's

St Mary's Chancel Improvement


As all Members of church will know, we’re hoping to raise £100,000 to help fund a glass screen to partition off the Chancel.


We’ve started to use the old Chancel a lot more for the work we do as a church especially amongst members of the Wombwell Community - the Community Café, the Foodbank, an after school club for Primary age children and for a youth group. We now have a ‘Just Giving’ Page to help us with that fundraising. If you want to support us please use the QR code to access our Just Giving Page.

We have other ways to pay - By BACS/Standing Order - you can give weekly, monthly or a one-off payment (please reference your giving with ‘Chancel’) - Bank details are as follows:


Account name: Wombwell Parochial Church Council.


Sort Code: 51-61-35 Account No: 03007014


By Debit Card/ Apple Pay etc: Please donate using the Payaz machine at the back of church.


By Cheque: Make cheque payable to Wombwell PCC. Please indicate on the back of the cheque that the donation is for the chancel
fund. Pop the cheque in the collection plate at the back of church.


By Cash: Please put cash in an envelope and mark it for the chancel
fund.


If you are a UK Tax Payer and would be happy to Gift Aid your donation then please let Sarah Legood know either in person or email her
on legoodsarah@gmail.com. The gift aid will also be added to the
Chancel Fund.

Want to know more?


Here's Rev Armstrong's video blog 'The Ezra File' on issues he doesn't always get chance to discuss during his sermon's. Please take a look.


 The Food Bank at St Mary's Wombwell, which is a spoke for the Barnsley Foodbank is available for anyone who has been referred on Monday's between 9.45 am and 11.00 am.  Eventually we would like to run this alongside a Community Cafe.


You can make condations to the Barnsley Foodbank by placing them in the Grub Tub just inside the church door.  Currently the Foodbank is most urgently needing tinned potatoes and packet mash, toiletries (soap, shampoo and shower gel, size 6 nappies, gravy granules and UHT milk.

Cornerstone Cafe


Our Monday Cafe is  now up and running.  It provides a chance to chat, have a drink and someting to eat.  Please could you pray that God would upe this to draw people to Himself; please do come along and bring a friend, and if you can't come, let someone else know about it.

Open Doors


Is an organisation that serves Christians who are persecuted for their faith.  Their work started by Brother Andrew (you may have read his story in the book God's Smuggler).


Find out more about them at Opendoors

Family Services


We have breakfast before our Family Services at St Mary's from 9.15 am - everyone is welcome.  Typically this will often include a bacon or sausage sandwich and we also offer fresh fruit too


At St George's there is an outdoor cafe before the Family Service starting at 4.30pm


Eveyone is welcome

Eddie Harper - Many of you will know Eddie from church and from him singing with the Music Group..... but did you know that he's also a radio DJ!


You can catch his shows on Rockingham Radio our very own Community Radio Station.  You can hear it via the internet or on your Smart Speaker (the first time you listen you'll have to say 'enable Rockingham Radio').  He presents two shows a week as follows:


Journey through Faith - 8.00 am Sundays (repeated at 7.00 pm) - a mix of bible readings, prayers and hymns old and new


Classic Yesteryear - Thursdays at 7.00 pm

Wellbeing Walks are Free, Regular, Friendly, Easy Terrain, Steady Pace, Sociable and led by a trained volunteer - Everyone is welcome.


Every Monday 10am - 11am - AGE UK Wombwell Social Wellbeing Walk-Meet outside Kae’s Sandwich Bar


Every Monday 12pm -1.30pm - Manvers Lake Waterfront Wellbeing Walk - meet at the RSPB Courtyard -  Why not have a go at both!!


Every Wednesday 10.30am - 12pm - Wombwell Circuit Wellbeing Walk—meet at the top of Summer Lane Car Park

 

 

 

Meal with Mark


Our next Meal with Mark where we explore Jesus through the gosel of Mark will be held on Wednesday 21st February, 2024 at Wombwell Rectory - Everyone is welcome.

Please pray.....


    Pray for peace in the war torn areas of the world.  Pray particularly for Russia and the Ukraine and for Israel and Gaza that a peaceful solution might be found to these conflicts.

     

    Pray for those who are struggling to cope both financially, emotionally and mentally during the cost of living crisis.  Pray particularly for those who are losing their jobs or who have lost their jobs recently and for whom the Christmas period will be very difficult.  We particularly think of the employees of Safestyle UK which has recently gone into administration.

     

    Continue to pray for the St Mary’s Chancel Improvement Scheme and for the successful outcome of the fundraising scheme.  Pray that this will enable St Marys to become much more fuel efficient, cut our carbon footprint and help with the sustainability of what we do as a church.

     

    Pray for those who are facing an undertain future through no fault of their own and for those who are particulalry suffering as a result of the financial crisis.. Pray that they may find a way forward out of their troubles.

    General Data Protection Regulations


    The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect in the UK from 25 May 2018. It replaces the existing law on data protection (the Data Protection Act 1998) and gives individuals more rights and protection in how their personal data is used by organisations. Parishes must comply with its requirements, just like any other charity or organisation.


    We have sought the advice of the Diocese of Sheffield and the PCC of Wombwell Parish has agreed and approved its approach to GDPA.  If you wish to view our Data Privacy Notice, please click here