Mellor Parish Church News & Announcements

Please note a change of time at St Mary's Church, Mellor now 9am - 12pm and 4pm -5pm "Dear Friends,  Following the sad news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II this evening, our churchwardens have kindly made arrangements for our churches to be open for private prayer on Friday, 9th September.    For anyone who wishes to attend church for private prayer, our three United Benefice churches will be open at the following times.  St Leonard's, Balderstone, from 10:00am – 4:00pm  St Mary’s, Mellor, from 9:00am – 10:00am and again from 5:00pm – 6:00pm  St Leonard the Less, Samlesbury, from 10:30am – 12:00pm  Kind regards,  Michael Oddie  Church Administrator  United Benefice of Balderstone, Mellor & Samlesbury "

  Dear Friends,       Please find attached the September edition of your United Benefice magazine, along with our events posters and magazine adverts.       As September begins, there is so much to look forward to across our United Benefice with event posters containing details of Mellor Village Show, CPR Training at Mellor Village Hall, a Charity Event at Mellor Brook Community Centre, the next Samlesbury Lunch Club, Balderstone’s Safari Supper, a Samlesbury Fun & Games Evening and Balderstone’s Harvest Supper! The full page of dates within the magazine contains even more dates for your diary, including Mellor’s Rose Queen Service and a Macmillan Coffee Morning.      Thank you, as always, to all those who have contributed to our busy magazine. This month, this includes updates from Mellor Village Hall, Balderstone Parish Council and Mellor Parish Council, while we welcome Richard’s Horton’s first contribution, as he describes his role as a volunteer at Mellor Library.     We are d