Flowers for the Church
Webmaster • September 5, 2025
St Aelred’s and St Mary’s church flower teams would gratefully accept flowers from your garden or bought flowers to be used to decorate the church. Please leave donations at the back of church in the bucket marked Flowers.
STA Late Summer Fair: 6th September Mass for the sick and housebound: STM Mass for the sick and housebound : 7th September 3pm STA Film Night: 19th September 7pm St Mary’s PPC : 28th September 11.30am CAFOD Friday 3rd October Harvest Fast Day STA Cheese and wine: 23rd October STM Shared lunch : 2nd November 12 Noon STA Christmas Fair : 30th November CJM Music Day 6th December 10.30 to 4.30 followed by Mass STA Carol Service : 7th December 4pm
St Aelred’s church & grounds clean/tidy up - Sat 20.09.2025 12 Noon -3pm. All hands to the deck! A range of tasks both indoors and outdoors for all – from clearing weeds, to mopping, sweeping and polishing.
Monday 8th September. All welcome to come and enjoy fish and chips and mushy peas, coffee, tea, bread & butter and sweets for afters, as well as good chat. Hall opens 12 Noon, luncheon served 12.30pm. £6.00 monies to be paid to Tony or Margaret. Please put your names on the list at the back of St Aelreds church or phone Tony on 07912790773.
St Aelred’s late summer Fair will take place on Saturday 6th September from 2-4.30pm. We need lots of bottles – particularly wine and spirits, chocolates for the tombola, Hampers and vouchers. Please bring them to church as soon as possible and we will store them in a cool secure place. Home baking and preserves gratefully received on the day and lots of help.
Deanery Day of Renewal Saturday 13th September 11.30am to 3.45 pm in St. Aelred’s church hall. Speaker is Fr. Chris Thomas. The theme of his talk is “Human and Alive.
Sat 20.09.2025 11am-3pm. All hands to the deck! A range of tasks both indoors and outdoors for all – from clearing weeds, to mopping, sweeping and polishing.
St Aelred’s Produce Share: If you have surplus fruit, veg, homemade jams, chutneys etc please consider sharing with the parish. There is a table at the back of the church to leave your produce. Please help yourselves to any produce, if you feel the need to make a monetary donation there is a bowl to put it in. All donations will be shared between the SVP and CAFOD. Thank you for your support.
St Mark’s way on the national jubilee pilgrimage of hope begins on Saturday, 6th September with 8am Mass at Leeds Cathedral. Wall all or part of the way between the Cathedral and the Jubilee Pilgrimage Church of St Austin in Wakefield. See Diocesan website for details of how to sign up. See Diocesan website for details of how to sign up.
Our SVPs collect food for the hungry, can you spare a tin a week for this also some toiletries? These can be left in the boxes at the back of our churches. The Lord tells us to feed the hungry, so thank you all for your donations which are sincerely appreciated.
St Aelred’s church flower team would gratefully accept flowers from your garden or bought flowers to be used to decorate the church. Please leave donations at the back of church in the bucket marked Flowers.