The Dales URC

What's happening at The Dales?

● Tonight (10th July) it's our final "Lighter Nights" session - it's a fuddle with prayer. Everyone is welcome, just bring some food to share. Starts at 6.30 pm.
● Our Minister, Amanda Linney will lead our morning worship on Sunday at 10.30 am.
●Many of our groups and organisations are beginning their summer breaks, but they'll all be back in September! Our Drama Group continues right through the summer.
●Looking forward to September, we have a coffee morning and mini market on Saturday 14th.
●Saturday 28th September sees the return of our popular fun and games evening, with games suitable for all ages. Pop the date in your diary!

Watch this space for more details of what's happening.

We hope you have a good summer, and that we see you soon!

This week we celebrated people who have given great service at The Dales. Pictured with our Minister, Amanda Linney (C) are Sarah Kneen (L), who served as a Brownie Leader for 20 years, and Linda Epton (R) has been Brown Owl for the 28th Nottingham Brownie Pack for an amazing 45 years. Janet Clarkson served as our Church Secretary for 20 years and will be a hard act to follow! All three have now stepped down from their roles, and The Dales is very grateful for the service they have given.

Our groups and organisations are keeping very busy! Our Brownies have an interesting term ahead of them, as have the BBGA! And don't forget the Drama Group's production of Grease next month. Our Art and Craft groups produce some fantastic work, and along with our Tuesday Fellowship they are great ways of socialising. Why not come along? There's always a warm welcome and a cuppa and a biscuit!

Thank you to everyone who came to our quiz night! Well done to The A Team for winning, to There Are Worse Things We Could Do for coming second, and The Grumpy Sod's Harem and Rod's Squad who came joint third. It was a very tight finish between all of the teams! Special thanks to Arran and James for being a great tech team, to Janet for organising, and to everyone who helped us raise almost £300! 😁

It's tonight! Join us at 7 pm for our fun Quiz Night! The first question is ..... will we see you there? Teams of up to six people, £3 per person. No need to have a full team, there will be space for everyone! There's a raffle and refreshments too. Hope you can join us!

We'll be live this morning from 10.30 for our service with Rev. Chris Ford

Sunday Worship - 28th April 2024 Service By: Rev. Chris FordMusic by: Janet Beavis

It's almost time! We have oodles of bargains in our clothing sale! But if you're not on the lookout for a new outfit, we also have plants, craft items, the legendary bottle stall, toys, books, a fab raffle and a mouth-watering selection of cakes, so come along for a cuppa and a natter!

These little beauties are all ready for tomorrow's Easter coffee morning! Will you be hopping along to join us for a cuppa?

Join us for a cuppa and a cake this Saturday morning! Stalls, games and a raffle too. Hope to see you there!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GHA47pTnpCM

We welcome you to join us this morning as a special familiar face has a special role to play.

Sunday Worship - 24th March 2023 Service By: Rev. Louise GeeMusic by: Janet Beavis

What's on at The Dales? We've got a lot of exciting things happening, so grab your diary and read on!

* This Sunday's morning worship will be led by our Minister, Amanda Linney.
* Our Lighter Nights programme continues on Wednesday with a "Name that Tune" quiz. A light-hearted and fun session, 6.30 pm - 8 pm, £2.
* Friday 29th March, 7 pm - Good Friday Service.
* Saturday 30th March, 10.30 - 12 noon, Easter Coffee Morning. Join us for a coffee and a cake, and browse stalls hosted by our BBGA and Brownies, plus lots of teddies and soft toys for sale too!
* Sunday 31st March, 10.30 am - Easter Sunday Worship.
* Saturday 20th April, 2 - 4 pm - New and Nearly New clothing Sale. Pop along and grab a bargain, or just relax with a coffee, and a dip into our raffle and bottle stall!
* Saturday 18th May, 7 pm - the return of our popular Fun Quiz Evening!
* Tuesday 11th - Saturday 15th June, our Drama Group present "Grease"! Tickets are now on sale and selling fast - see their poster below for details.

We hope to see you soon!

Unfortunately we will be unable to stream our service this morning. Sorry if you were intending on joining online.

Today, 22nd February is Thinking Day, celebrated by Brownies and Guides all over the world. The theme for 2024 is Our World, Our Peaceful Future. Our Brownie pack celebrated Thinking Day and its very meaningful aims at their meeting on Tuesday. Perhaps we should all have a Thinking Day, giving prayers for our world and our peaceful future.

Don't forget our Craft Supplies Sale this Saturday from 2 - 4 pm! We have LOADS of items for sale, so if you're interested in crafting come along and grab yourself a bargain! Refreshments will be available, and there's a raffle too, so pop along and see us!

If you're interested in arts and crafts of any kind, don't miss this event at The Dales on Saturday 24th February, 2 pm - 4 pm. Loads of fabulous items for sale for all kinds of crafts, and there will be refreshments available too. Come along and grab a bargain!

Phew! We've finally made it through January, the days are gradually drawing out, the spring bulbs are peeping through and we have brighter and warmer times to look forward to.

What's happening at The Dales?

We celebrated Friendship this morning as Linda Norwebb led our family worship. Next Sunday morning our worship will be lead by our Minister, Amanda Linney.

We've also got a full calendar of events taking place over the coming months! Amanda and the Elders will be hosting a series of "Lighter Nights" events this year in place of the Lent sessions, and taking advantage of the lighter nights so that people don't have to turn out in the dark. The sessions will all be held on Wednesdays at 6.30 pm, with a small charge of £2 to cover costs, and will be fun and friendly sessions:

14th February - Crafts
13th March - Name that Tune/Quiz
17th April - Film Night
15th May - Taize
19th June - Greek Bingo
10th July - Prayer and Food

We also have a programme of social events for the year, with something for everyone of all ages:

Saturday 24th February, 2 pm - 4 pm: Craft supplies sale, with lots and lots of fantastic brand new crafting supplies for sale, plus a craft stall and refreshments.
Saturday 30th March, 10.30 am - 12 noon: Easter Coffee Morning.
Saturday 20th April, 2 - 4 pm: Clothes sale of brand new/nearly new clothes, tombola stall and refreshments
Saturday 18th May, 7 pm - Quiz Night, plus raffle and refreshments
Saturday 21st September, 7 pm - Fun and Games night plus raffle and refreshments.

We're all going to be very busy! Hope to see you soon!

We hope you've had a good Christmas and are looking forward to a fresh New Year! We enjoyed our Christmas Eve services and are looking forward to Bryan Clarkson leading the final service of 2023 this Sunday at 10.30 am. We hope that 2024 brings you good health, happiness and peace.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

The BBGA start back this Friday 5th January 2024

New members welcome, please message for details

Hopefully you have all had a lovely Christmas 🎄
We are looking forward to seeing you back next year 🥰

We start back Friday 5th January 2024
Normal times and full uniform

If you pay subs for the term they are now due on Friday, all sections £25, we appreciate this as we have to pay the rent and membership, Thank you
If you pay directly to the Bank, please message me 🥰

As always no worries if not.

We are also looking for new members, please ask your sons/daughters to bring their friends 👍

Have a lovely New Year, see you soon 🎉🥳🍾

We’re going to live stream our Christmas Eve (evening) service to Facebook tonight. It’ll also be uploaded to YouTube later. Hopefully the stream attempt is better than last year’s attempt!

See you at 6.30 either online or in person!

Join us for our Christmas Eve Services. Linda Norwebb leads our morning worship at 10.30 am, and at 6.30 pm our Minister, Amanda Linney leads our "Carols by Candlelight".

The cakes are baked and the wine's mulling it over .... Will you be joining us for a Christmas sing-a-long? Whether you have the voice of an angel or can't hold a tune in a bucket we'll be glad to see you! There are carols, popular Christmas songs and quite a few laughs along the way. And of course, cake. And mulled wine (both alcohol-free and with alcohol) or tea and coffee if you'd prefer. Hope to see you this evening!

This Sunday our Minister, Amanda Linney leads our Christingle Service. Come along and join in the fun of making a Christingle and learn about its meaning.

As we had to cancel last week's service because of the snow, we will also receive gifts of toys this week for the Charity "Bags of Blessings" and bless them on their way.

Due to the thick snow we are cancelling this morning's service at The Dales. Stay safe and warm, everyone!