St John's Church, Golcar

There's loads going on at St John's Church over the next few days!

It's a snowy morning, but our pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, will warm the hearts of the village.
The first night is today 7pm.
Tickets on the door: £6 for adults, £4 for children. Come early for a good seat.

Do support this if you can, and if you do, come to our pantomime on a different night!

Jack and the Beanstalk.
Well done all the cast, directors and crew.
We've got a fantastic show lined up for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

St John’s Church pantomime this week! Jack and the Beanstalk
Thursday 30th Nov 7:00pm
Friday 1st Dec at 7:00pm
Saturday 2nd Dec at 2:30 and 7:00pm

*** Noisy Church is Cancelled on Saturday ***
However, do make sure to come to our pantomime on 30th Nov, 1st Dec and 2nd Dec

The scenery is taking shape, the director making a few final adjustments: yes the Panto is nearly here.
30th Nov to 2nd Dec 7pm (Saturday matinee.2.30pm).
Tickets on the door, £6 adults £4 children

Here are some of the pupils from St John's School, Manor Road Schoop, Wellhouse School, Scapegoat Hill School and Clough Head School here today for our Interfaith Festival, celebrating diversity.
We also welcomed The Mayor of Kirklees Cllr Cahil Burke, Deputy lieutenant Yvonne Stocks, Cllr Andrew Marchington and Narrinder Kau from Kirklees Education Services.
Well done everyone, it was wonderful!

Church is looking wonderful with the artwork displayed for tomorrow's Golcar Schools Interfaith Festival.
Well done St John's, Manor Road, Wellhouse and Clough Head Schools!

Open the Book are in schools again telling bible stories.
From left to right Angel, Daniel, Narrator, King Darius and the Lion.
(Fr Simon Mark, Su, Jeremy Bronwyn)

Candles lit today in memory of Renesmae Felicity.
May she rest in peace

We have spaces at our wonderful Luncheon Club

Support our wonderful school, and grab a bargain and be entertained at the same time!

Join us this Sunday to celebrate All Saints Day at 9:30am

We will then install the stage for our pantomime at the end of the month and conclude with a lunch of soup and sandwiches!

November 1st is the feast of All Saints. (Cartoon by the Rev. Jay Sidebotham and the Church Pension Group: www.cpg.org/global/online-resources/cartoons/)

Did you know... 🎃
The word ‘Halloween’ comes from ‘All Hallows’ Eve', the night before All Saints’ Day.
There are two theories for the origin of the day as we know it:
• A Christianisation of a Gaelic pagan festival. Many of the secular customs of Halloween can be explained by this suggestion
• The vigil of All Hallows' Day - known today as All Saints'.
Regardless of the possible pagan influence, it is important to note that for about 900 years Christians have been observing the night before All Saints’ Day on the evening of 31 October.

Here's a photo of John, Trevor and Sylvia rehearsing for the church show in 2002.

We were delighted to welcome St John's School to church for their Harvest Service.
Here is The Bishop of Huddersfield, Smitha Prasadam, who was our special guest.

Congratulations Arlo on your baptism. Welcome to the family!

Our services tomorrow:
8am, holy communion in traditional language
9.30am sung communion with hymns and organ, preacher Richard Voase
1pm baptism of Arlo.

We had a great time today at Noisy Church. The next one is on Saturday 25th November.

We prayed for peace this morning.

Noisy church just gets better and better.
It was brilliant last time, and this time will be even better because we'll end with Pizza!
It's an informal church service, perfect for children, families, and for people who have never been to church before. This Saturday at 4pm. Come along if you can.

Fr Simon is praying for you all while waiting for the sunrise at Hag D**e, the highest chapel in the UK

Thank you for all the harvest donations today, they will be given to people who most need them.
We hope you enjoyed the service!

A wonderful finale to our concert, thank you for your support.

We're enjoying the beautiful singing of Carlton Community Choir

Harvest Festival is tomorrow at 9.30am
We will collect donations for our local food banks, but you don't need to bring anything, just come along and join in!