to know, grow and show the love of God
I don’t know if you have made any new year resolutions? I haven’t.
From past experience, intentions to eat more healthily, take more exercise and, in the past, to stop smoking would all be consigned to the rubbish bin by January 4th.
The beginning of a New Year has never proved a turning point in my life. But turning points there have been and sometimes when I was least expecting them.
Our next Sunday@Seven service will be on January 27th. The theme is ‘Then it dawned on me’.
This is a chance for more informal worship, prayer and meditation.
We’ll meet in the Barritt Room at St John’s Hall. Brews and cake will be on hand!
During December 2018 and January 2019 our Walmersley Road Walking Group were involved in two walks, both of which we have done before, but were ideal for the shorter days and winter months.
In December we took the Metrolink to Manchester Victoria station and begun our walk back along sections of the Irwell Sculpture Trail.
In January we explored the three reservoirs of Bolton: Jumbles, Wayoh and Turton & Entwistle.
In the words of our Bishop in the January issue of the CRUX magazine, I’d like to challenge us at this Epiphany-tide, and the start of a New Year, to take the story of the Magi as a metaphor for our own journey with God.
We may feel that we have arrived with our faith exactly where we planned it to be. But I suspect that, for the vast majority of us, God has some further steps he would urge us to take.
The British Red Cross will be holding a free 2 hour training course on ‘Helping adults at greater risks of falls’.
This will be at St John’s Hall from 9.15am on Saturday 2nd February 2019. It’s a repeat of the course held in November.
Registration beforehand is essential as numbers are limited.
Please use the contact form on this website to let us know that you wish to attend.
Here are our Bible readings for January 2019. So if you can’t get to church and want to follow the same scripture passages then here you go. Or if you just want to read up in advance for the Sunday to come, then please make use of below.