Welcome to our Communion Service this morning, which is led by Sue Jackson.
Please join us for refreshments after the service.
Dates and preachers for the coming weeks:
10th August Eileen Atkinson
17th August Ian Royle & Graham Heapy
24th August Graham Tarn
Regular Meetings:
1st Tuesday 10am Events Meeting
2nd Tuesday 2pm Ladies Fellowship
3rd Tuesday 10am Elders Meeting
Friday Coffee Mornings, 10am – 12noon
Sunday Church Services, 10.45am
Uniformed Organizations – Tuesdays 6pm Rainbows, Tuesdays 6.30pm – Brownies, Thursdays 7pm Guides
In Greek mythology, the sunflower’s name comes from two ancient Greek words: “helios” (sun) and “anthos” (flower).
The myth of Clytie, a nymph who adored Apollo, explains why sunflowers always face the sun.
When Clytie informed Apollo of his new love for Leucothoe, Leucothoe’s father buried her alive.
Apollo transformed her into a sunflower, and she continued to adore him even in flower form.
Hence, sunflowers symbolize adoration, loyalty, and longevity.
Native American tribes valued sunflowers for practical and symbolic reasons.
They cultivated sunflowers for their seeds (a vital food source) and used the plant’s oil for cooking and skin applications.
Sunflowers also played a role in ceremonies and dyeing processes.
Symbolically, they represented the sun deity, embodying energy, fertility, and the cycle of life.
50 Club Draw
Congratulations! to the winner for July, who is Keith Jackson.
We need a few more members, if you would like to join the club, please see Brenda Bakes.
More members always welcome, £1 per week.
FLOWERS IN CHURCH
There is a new Flower Rota on the wall in the kitchen. If you would like to place some flowers in church to mark a special Sunday, please enter your name on the appropriate date on the calendar.
If you are unable to actually go and buy those flowers and arrange them in church, then this can be done for you. Please speak to an Elder.
Shaw Food Bank
They are urgently in need of all men’s toiletries: Deodorant, Shower Gel, Shaving cream, Razors.
FIRE DRILL
In the event of a fire will you please leave by the nearest safest exit and assemble outside the fencing on Kershaw Street or outside the gates on Rochdale Road.
Playhouse 2 Golden Oldies Cinema, starts at 1pm, £5 includes refreshments.
Thursday 18th September – Breakfast at Tiffanys
16th October – Stage Fright
20th November – There’s No Business Like Show Business
18th December – Christmas in Connecticut