News & Announcements

  Palm Sunday Procession Photos View pictures of our parish Palm Sunday procession with a donkey (well pony Bruno actually) - click the photo:

  April Magazine Event Posters!  Click Here:  There's loads going on so please take a look! Dear Friends,    Please find attached your April 2023 United Benefice Magazine, which is full of good news to be celebrated. This ranges from a wonderful turnout at The Spring Workday at St Leonard’s, Balderstone, to an extremely successful first Pizza and Praise Service at St Mary’s, Mellor, to the fantastic charity work of our Samlesbury Rose Queen, at St Leonard the Less, and the recent Charity Coffee Morning at Samlesbury War Memorial Hall.    This month, as we begin with Holy Week, our magazine contains details of the daily services which are planned across the three churches of our United Benefice, as we journey together through from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.    Thank you to all who have contributed to our magazine. This edition includes our first contribution from Samlesbury Young Farmers. Anyone is welcome to write for the magazine, so if y...

March Magazine Event Posters!  Click Here:  There's loads going on so please take a look! Dear Friends,     Please find attached our March 2023 United Benefice Magazine, along with our event posters supplement and two advert supplements. Thank you, as always, to everyone who has contributed.     This month, as well as being full of information about local groups, events and services, the magazine contains a number of articles with opportunities to help and contribute locally. These are both in terms of donating a small amount of time to church or churchyard maintenance and gardening and also in terms of making donations to The Children’s Storehouse, Blackburn Foodbank and Chorley & District Support for Ukraine. Please see inside the magazine for further details and consider helping where you can.     Our events supplement, for our busy local community, includes posters with details of:     A Women’s World Day Of Prayer Service at Wil...

 February Magazine Event Posters!  Click Here:  There's loads going on so please take a look! Dear Friends,   Please find attached our February 2023 United Benefice Magazine, along with our event posters supplement and two advert supplements.   As our community plans for the year ahead, you may find it useful to read this month’s edition with your diary or calendar close to hand. February’s magazine contains not only our usual diary dates page for the next two months, but some of our local groups have also included dates of social events and meetings for the year ahead. Thank you to everyone who has contributed.   Our events supplement, for our busy community, includes posters with details of:   ·           A Warm Hub at Mellor Village Hall ·           Samlesbury Lunch Club ·           St Mary’s Church Village Quiz · ...

With the help of some volunteer young people, Geoff Gill did a great job getting the message of Hope in Christ across to a large congregation in what was an uplifting "Golden Opportunity" service.  The children's participation was joyful, with their prayers and readings and our lovely Kiddie Choir's singing! Karen inducted four new choir members. Welcome Florence, Ruby, Bethany and George - so super to see our choir grow! We wrote our hopes for the year ahead on doves which were collected then blessed by Karen. Have a Happy Hopeful New Year!