This year’s appeal will be in support of the Mosamaria Trust, focussing on two areas of their work – their Orphans and Vulnerable Children Programme and their Adherence Programme. Further details are available on the diocesan website at Bishop’s Harvest Appeal 2021 | The Diocese of Blackburn (anglican.org). There will be a basket in church […]

The Baby and Toddler Group will restart on Wednesday 8th September. It will be held weekly (term-time only) in the Parish Rooms from 2.00pm to 3.30pm. Mums, dads, grandparents, carers are all welcome with their babies and toddlers up to school age. For more details contact Janice Vause on 07814834188

We are delighted to announce that a new vicar has been appointed to St Annes Parish Church. Fr Glen Brooks is currently rector of the Somerleyton Benefice comprising six rural churches on the Norfolk/Suffolk border in the Diocese of Norwich. Fr Glen was born and educated in Bolton and spent 28 years in the RAF

Two meetings have been held recently. On 26 May the APCM was held in Church. At this meeting the new PCC was elected and details of the new committee may be found on the PCC page. Also presented at this meeting was the Annual Report and this also may be downloaded from the PCC page.

My Dear Friends Tomorrow we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead. We have followed Him during Holy Week from His entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, to the upper room for the Last Supper and then on to the Mount of Olive’s for His arrest. We have heard once again

Major work is required in order to keep the bells ringing safely. A survey has been undertaken by Taylors of Loughborough which has recommended options for a complete retune, rehang with new fittings and augmentation to 10 bells. We are delighted to announce that the PCC has approved the launch of a special project which

This year the Blackburn Diocese is hosting an online Lent Course called, ‘Looking out in Lent’. The Bishops and Archdeacons will be involved. The overarching title of the online course is ‘Looking Out in Lent’. It will use St Mark’s Gospel and the five marks of mission to explore ways of being a more outward-looking

My Dear Friends. Happy New Year; I pray that it may be for each of us a year of good health, spiritually, physically and emotionally. Tomorrow we shall keep the Feast of the Epiphany, transferred, as we usually do, to the nearest Sunday. We shall be reminded of how people travelled a great distance, with

Carol Service: As a result of the pandemic we cannot hold our usual Christmas Carol Service. The Carol Service this year will be a video recording that will be premiered on our Facebook page on Sunday 20 December at 6.30 pm. It will be available to view at any time after that. Update: The Christmas