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May Magazine

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May Magazine Event Posters!  Click Here:   There's loads going on so please take a look! Advertisers  -  More Advertisers Dear Friends, We are very pleased to share with you the May edition of our United Benefice Magazine. As always, we have news from so many areas of our United Benefice and we thank all our regular contributors for their articles. This month’s edition also includes news from Blackburn Cathedral, a thank you from Canon Pam Daunton, who has recently completed 25 years as a Licensed Lay Minister, and an introduction from Angela Preedy, our new Mellor Library Officer.   There is lots to look forward to across May and June, including Balderstone’s Walking Day and Summer Afternoon Tea Party, The Last Night of Mellor Proms and Samlesbury’s Garden Party.   Both the magazine and our event posters supplement have details of these and other events, including:   A Pop-Up Café at Mellor Village Hall (4 th   May) Balderstone Walking Day (11 th  May) Little Steps Free Family Ses
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April Magazine

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April Magazine Event Posters!  Click Here:   There's loads going on so please take a look! Advertisers  -  More Advertisers Dear Friends,     Please find attached your April edition of our United Benefice Magazine which, thanks to so many contributions, is once again bursting with church and community news from Balderstone, Mellor and Samlesbury. We are delighted to share with you our first article from L.A.M.B.S, our United Benefice Children’s Church Council, who have so many ideas on how to create the best church in the world!     This month’s edition includes invitations to prepare for confirmation, to attend your annual meeting of parishioners, to open up your garden for Balderstone’s Open Garden Month and to contribute to your community at Samlesbury’s monthly litter picks.      If you, or anyone you know, adults or young people from age 11 (Year 6) upwards are interested in preparing for confirmation, please simply reply to this email or contact Rev’d Karen.  Thank you.   The
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March Magazine

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March Magazine I apologise for the late addition of the March Magazine. A personal matter took priority.  Richard - Editor
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February Magazine

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February Magazine Event Posters!  Click Here:   There's loads going on so please take a look! Advertisers  -  More Advertisers Dear Friends,   This month, as we share our magazine with you, we hope you will please reply to this email.   On page two of this magazine, in her Light Reflections, Rev’d Karen asks three questions about our church environments, our services and events and how the church can help in the wider community. Whether you’re on our mailing list because you attend church, because you are a wider local community member, because you have held a wedding or baptism with us or because you are one of our business advertisers, Rev’d Karen would love to know your thoughts and ideas to help to shape the future of our United Benefice. Please take a moment to respond to any or all of the questions if you can. Thank you.   The posters in February’s event supplement include ticket details for both the upcoming Village Quiz at Mellor St Mary CE Primary School on 23 rd  February
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January Magazine

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January Magazine Event Posters!  Click Here:   There's loads going on so please take a look! Advertisers  -  More Advertisers Dear Friends,   Please find attached your first 2024 edition of our United Benefice Magazine. We hope that you have all enjoyed a happy and peaceful Christmas and a very good start to the new year.   In January’s magazine, we are very pleased to share with you both reports and photos of December’s services and Christmas events and also details of upcoming dates for 2024. For your 2024 calendar, on our diary dates page, we have a wide variety of events including a New Year Lunch on Tuesday 9 th  January, our first United Benefice Ceilidh on Saturday 23 rd  March and St Leonard’s Summer Afternoon Tea Party on Saturday 15 th  June.   In this month’s events posters supplement, we also have details of:   ·           A Quiz Night at Samlesbury War Memorial Hall (13 th  January) ·           Forest Church (28 th  January) ·           Little Angels (30 th  January) ·
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