Events coming up........

Life in interregnam

We have now been in Interregnam( no priest) for 3 months and God has been good. After a major adjustment for the church leaders, we got into a good routine to deal with issues. Now we have our Lay reader away for 3 months on a holiday which has meant Gina my wife is picking up SUNDAYS.
the church is still running well considering, people are still coming and getting involved and even new people and coming. having 42 in church and 9 toddlers was amazing 2 weeks ago considering there was 18/20 of us 2 years ago.

During this Advent( preperation of Jesus birth) we all prepare for where the church will be in the coming years, in particurly when my contract runs out in july and 2 of the other leaders will be leaving in july as they will ne ordained( BECOME PRIESTS).

Asking God for Guidance for St Bart's Church

What a fantastic day. it started at 9am, and we had our first visitors at 9.05am this strady flow continued till midnight. The scene was set, jesus' life around the church:

jesus as a baby / toddler - reminds us of the children in the church and the community.

St Bart's Toddler group, Little Gems toddler group at Walkley primary school. Cesswick nursery, toddlers at Hampden view and St stephens church.

Jesus as a youth Prayed for the youth clubs - Chill, Oasis and Zest.

Jesus as the challenger Help with community and world issues.

Jesus on the cross. He died for us. freed us from Guilt.

The throne of God We look to God for guidance.

We rebuild our church as the people of St Bart's.

we we richly blessed with wonderful pictures and words of encorougement.

We need to get in to rythem that resinates with God, there will be growth but it will not

be neat. He is our rock and protector.

At 10 pm there was an hour of praise and we finished at midnight with Compline - night prayer.

God bless all that have prayed for us and our future as we work with God in the community.

josh's birthday - 14 now

Josh decided to have a lads day, Gina was away leaving me to run it. 8 kids and 4 adults.

there was scalextrix, jamming session. Wii, Playstation and a barby. the sun came out and all ended well. there were 3 honerary lads there, genesia, her mate and the misses of a friend.

What a send off..... 500 bikes for Mick flynn

When the hurst set off all 500 bikes started their engines and reved like mad. the sound just went through you and you felt the love that there was for Mick. The roads were closed and at sacred heart he was given a tribute, a church full of bikers. God bless his family and friends as they deal with the loss of Mick.

Mick Flynn - killed in crash. He will be missed.

On Sunday 14th September Mick Flynn, the owner of the famous motorbike shop on langsett road was killed instantly in a bike accident in Lincon. He was only 48, there have been tributes left at his shop opposite our church and we have set up a book of condolences at the hillsborough hotel next door.

The funeral will be next wednesday and people will be gathering outside the shop from all over yorkshire.

We pray for the family and friends of Mick at this sad time. Lord surround them with your love.

This just remids us of how fragilelife is, who know's what will happen tommorrow!!

If there is some you need to say sorry to - DO IT.

if there is someone you need to forgive - DO IT.

if there is someoneyou want to tel that you love them - DO IT

and if you want to know God, ask him into your life.

Martin Kilner, our Vicar moves on.

We said Goodbuy to Martin, on Sunday 7th September. We had a good final service and buffet. Martin has been at St Barts since jan 2003 and moves to St Marks in Grenoside.

We pray that Martin and Ann settle in to their new ministry and continue to build the Kingdom.

We pray that the people of St Bart's come together and lead the church to where God wants it to be. We ask for guidance, wisdom and vision.

Langsett Funday

Our 4th year, and our best yet. This annual event involves all the local organisations.

Langsett Walkley Community Association, Sheffield Homes, Zest, and what's great this year all the local churches with St Bart's have got together and set up a prayer zones tent for peoples spirituality.

This year we had, bouncy castles, professer shell, manicurist, Lovells, Sheffield transport, Tea cup rides for under 5's, 2 church groups, cresswick nursery and craftastic( a local crsft shop).

We had the Lord mayor open the event, burgreave community who supplied the mobile stage and Jellybean Jazz gave a live performance.

what a fantastic day watching the sun come out and the community come together.

A big thanks to sheffield homes who videod the event and all those who helped it be the event it was.

Hope on the streets

Hope 08 took us to the streets of langsett netherthorpe and upperthorpe.
12 projects took place, from kids activities, cleaning shop wwindows, litter pick and working in a school.

I took on an area that had not been looked at for 4 years,cleaning it up with the council meant removing tyres, glass and clearing drains.

We then moved to the school and painted fences, cleared our sheds and smashing up a wall.

we felt the wholw project blessed the area in more ways that we could imagine. One of the rojects cleared 4 tons of rubbish from an estate.

Operation Fred....Launched jMay 08

The mother and toddler group launched operation fred. Raising money for the school kids in turkey. One of our congregation is from there and shared what life there was like.

They had a sponsored trampoline bounce and cofee morning.

£440 has been raised and they are in the process of buying text books and stationary.

Wow what a busy, exciting 6 weeks... holiday here i come.

since my last blog i have had some 8 events.

i can now update the past events.

Curry night for christian Aid

What a fantastic night - £300+ raised.

choping 60 onions



bhangra dancing

£200 raised for Oxfam at Hillsborough Hotel 1940's day

Wednesday night was a great night for all.

The hillsborough hotel rolled back in time to the 40's. Thanks to Chris from Danger zone in Malin Bridge who let bus borrow things from the war.Wendy and Helen got into the spirits at the Hotel and dressed up. The pub was full in the evening and awaiting the entertainment.

The evening started with Traditional Hymns led by St Bart's Musicians and Chris (one of their father in law who travelled 1 and 1/2 hours to be part of the event), Gary gave us a laugh about some of the stuff in the 500 years + and George fornby and his wife entertained us with those classics from the 40's

I came dressed as what i thought was a suave bloke from the 40's but others thought i was a gangster. local businesses and suppliers provided the raffle, and quiz prizes, where i was the quiz caller. One of the questions was " what date did the WW2 start !!! 3 Sept 1939"

Thanks to all who helped put this event on.

"12" youth event - what a night

we took 13 youth from 2 youth clubs to an allnight youth event, on Saturday. I managed to hit every emotion in the book to scared, fustrated, happy and excited.

i did loose 2 of mine wh decided to call it a night at 11pm. the rest had a ball.

straight into a church service sun morning.

Praise God as 300+ kids came to the event.

http://www.thehubsheffield.com/ organised it - check it out.

Curry night in aid of Christian Aid

Oxjam 23rd April at Hillsborough Hotel

People power wins the Day

FANTASTIC NEWS


All that hard work paid off. at the last council meeting, all the top people turned up, including the council leader. 15 minutes into the debate the council leader anounces that the Homeless scheme for 38 flats, will not take placce, we can now concentrate on the 3 already round here. There will now be meeting with the council leaders and key people in the community to decide what goes on the site.

We pray for

Thanks for the meeting

• the outcome
• Places for people.
• the continueing diiscussions for the site
• the continued links in the community.

Fab time decorating Gina's Study

While Gina was away me and the kids decorated Gina's study....Well cool.

Working in Partnership - Church Sheffield Homes and Hallam University.

2 days were spent around the church to smarten it up, with th help of Sheffield homes and Hallam Univercity Volunteers.