News & Announcements

   October Magazine Event Posters!  Click Here:   There's loads going on so please take a look! Advertisers  -  More Advertisers Dear Friends,   We are pleased to share with you the October edition of your United Benefice Magazine. Thank you, as always, to all those who have taken the time to contribute to this edition, especially our first time contributors, which include a recent wedding couple and two baptism families.   In mid-October, our three United Benefice Primary Schools are all holding their Open Days for visitors to view school. If you know anyone who will have a child ready to start Reception or Pre-School in September 2025, please share this magazine with them. Specific dates for Open Days for each of our three schools can be found within the magazine.   Similarly, please share this magazine with anyone who may be interested in volunteering at Mellor Brook Brownies, who are looking for new volunteers. Further details can be foun...

  September Magazine Event Posters!  Click Here:   There's loads going on so please take a look! Advertisers  -  More Advertisers Dear Friends,   Please find attached your September edition of your United Benefice Magazine. This month’s edition includes reports and photos from two recent special services, a Sports Sundae Service and Holiday Church, and dates and times of two upcoming special services, our first Café Church and this year’s Mellor Rose Queen Service. At Holiday Church, families enjoyed Ribchester Counting Trail and we are pleased to share this with you, so that you can enjoy the trail too, using the extra attached document.   As always, along with the magazine itself, we attach this month’s posters supplement, which includes details of all the following:   Mellor Village Show at Mellor Village Hall (1st September) The Other Guys Concert at St Leonard’s Church, Balderstone (3rd September) Quiz Night at Samlesbury War Memorial Ha...

  July and August Magazine Event Posters!  Click Here:   There's loads going on so please take a look! Advertisers  -  More Advertisers Dear Friends, Here is your Summer edition of our United Benefice Magazine, for July and August, which is certainly one of our busiest magazines to date. June was definitely a busy month, locally, and we are pleased to share reports from recent special occasions, including our United Benefice Confirmation Service, St Leonard’s Afternoon Tea at Balderstone,  Samlesbury’s Garden Party, the 80th Anniversary of D-Day Beacon Lightings and the Bicentenary Celebration of Mellor Brook Community Centre.   Thank you to everyone who has contributed news items and photos, particularly to those who have recently been appointed to key roles in our United Benefice. Thank you to Ryan (our new churchwarden at Balderstone), Lloyd (our new churchwarden at Mellor) and Emily (our new Rose Queen at Samlesbury), who have all kindly written in...

  June Magazine Event Posters!  Click Here:   There's loads going on so please take a look! Advertisers  -  More Advertisers Dear Friends,   Please find attached your June edition of our United Benefice Magazine, which is once again bursting with news from both our United Benefice Churches and the wider community.     Can you please donate an item of food or drink to our Summer Afternoon Tea Party Raffle Hampers at St Leonard’s, Balderstone? Can you knit or crochet a heart for the bereaved? Can you help our new local librarian with the history of Mellor Library? If you can, then please browse this month’s magazine for how to help.       Early Summer is certainly a busy time across our United Benefice. In fact, during June, there is an opportunity to attend three events within twenty-nine hours, as we look forward to Mellor St Mary School Summer Gala, Samlesbury St Leonard the Less Garden Party and St Leonard’s Summer Fun Night at Ba...

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...

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 th...