Calendar News 2025

SERVICES:  Sunday morning services start at 10.45 am. Children are most welcome at all Chapel services.

 

Date	Minister	Organist	Flowers	Refreshments	Steward
6 Apr	Tina Gandhi	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	J Coles	M Sixsmith
13 Apr	Rev Celia Cartwright	R Steedman	Lynne Readett	S Darbey	G Leigh
20 Apr	Tina Gandhi	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	J Hodgson	D Williams
27 Apr	Jean Longworth	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	C Worthington	J Readett
4 May	Tina Gandhi	R Steedman	Lynne Readett	M Jones	E Taylor

 

EASTER SUNDAY:

A collection for the work of Send a Child to Hucklow will be taken at our Easter Sunday service. If you need more information about this charity please speak to Lynne Readett.

 

Choir rehearsals for Easter:

The first rehearsal for Easter will be at 2 pm on Thursday, 3rd April.

The Sunday morning rehearsal on 6th April will be in the hall.  Other rehearsals are: 2 pm on Thursday, 10th, Sunday morning after the service on 13th and 7 PM on Thursday, 17 April.

KINDNESS COMPETITION:  Chowbent Chapel are running a competition on the theme of kindness with Chowbent Primary School. Funding from Ansdell Unitarian, in memory of the Late Nancy Boardman (a former Chowbenter)  will more than cover the cost of the first year and it is expected that further funding will be available from NELUM to enable the competition to run for a second year.  On the 4th May instead of the usual service in chapel, our service will take place in the hall with the added bonus of those present getting to look through all the amazing entries from the children and pick the winners!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

April 12^th -14^th – GA meeting @ NEC, Birmingham

April 13^th - Palm Sunday

April 18^th – Good Friday

April 20^th – Easter Sunday + collection for 'Send a Child to Hucklow'

May 18^th – Chapel AGM

June – Gift Month

June 29^th – Chapel  Anniversary Service to be led by Clare Williamson from Gateacre

 

FLOWERS:  9 March – Birthday memories of Eric Homer given by his daughter Jill Coles; 30 March – In loving memory of Blanche Collier, given by Dorothy Williamson.

 

NUMBERS CLUB:  Winning numbers:  36 £50, 14 £30, 43 £20,7 £15.  Thank you to all members for their support.

 

USED POSTAGE STAMPS:  Any used stamps can be placed in the stamp collection box, in the Chapel foyer. They will go to the RNIB. 

 

GIFT AID:  If you are a taxpayer, could you please check whether your contributions to Chapel are gift aided and the white A4 Charity Gift Aid Declaration forms located in the trough under each of the Chapel’s notice boards have been completed.

 

FUNDRAISING:  Contact David Shallcross at the Chapel or email: chowbenter@gmail.com to join the Chapel numbers club, to buy and dedicate a hymn book,  a chalice badge or a copy of the book "The Story of Chowbent Chapel. by J.J. Wright.   For copies of “Chowbent Chapel and the Organs” by Bryan Hughes contact Dorothy Williamson.

For weekly donation envelopes; please contact Geoff Leigh.  If you are able to replace your envelope contribution by a standing order this would be much appreciated. 

 

CALENDAR:  If you can print a copy of the calendar for someone who is not able to get it electronically that would be much appreciated.  Items for the next calendar, eg dates of events, news of people, should be with me, Dorothy, by Sunday, 20 April.

 

 

SERVICES:  Sunday morning services start at 10.45 am. Children are most welcome at all Chapel services.

 

Date	Minister	Organist	Flowers	Refreshments	Steward
2 Mar	Rev Tony McNeile	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	S Darbey	G Leigh
9 Mar	Clare Grace Williamson	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	J Hodgson	D Williams
16 Mar	Rev C Van denBroeder	W Farnworth	Lynne Readett	C Worthington	J Readett
23 Mar	Veronica Walker	R Steedman	Lynne Readett	M Jones	E Taylor
30 Mar	Tina Gandhi	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	M Sixsmith	D Shallcross
6 Apr	Tina Gandhi	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	J Coles	M Sixsmith

 

WARM SPACES:  On Tuesdays, weekly coffee mornings from 10.30 am until 12 noon will continue throughout March.  The mornings are open to all ages with free refreshments available, plus newspapers, games such as dominoes, a knitting table and toys/ colouring books for young children. 

 

SOUL DEEP: The course will continue from 7.15 to 8.30 pm on 5 and 19 March. 

 

SAFEGUARDING:  Jill Coles is the Chapel’s lead officer for Safeguarding with Sheila Darbey as deputy and supported by Tina.  A Safeguarding policy has now been approved by the Trustees and information will be posted on the noticeboard and the website.  Safeguarding is the responsibility of all members and any issues should be referred initially to Jill, Sheila or Tina.

 

FLOWERS:  Flowers on the 16 February were in loving memory of Patricia and Peter John Vernon, given by their sister Dorothy Williamson.

 

NUMBERS CLUB:  Winning numbers:  15 £50, 28 £30, 22 £20, 33 £15.  Thank you to all members for their support.

 

USED POSTAGE STAMPS:  Any used stamps can be placed in the stamp collection box, in the Chapel foyer. They will go to the RNIB. 

 

GIFT AID:  If you are a taxpayer, could you please check whether your contributions to Chapel are gift aided and the white A4 Charity Gift Aid Declaration forms located in the trough under each of the Chapel’s notice boards have been completed.

 

FUNDRAISING:  Contact David Shallcross at the Chapel or email: chowbenter@gmail.com to join the Chapel numbers club, to buy and dedicate a hymn book,  a chalice badge or a copy of the book "The Story of Chowbent Chapel. by J.J. Wright.   For copies of “Chowbent Chapel and the Organs” by Bryan Hughes contact Dorothy Williamson.

For weekly donation envelopes; please contact Geoff Leigh.  If you are able to replace your envelope contribution by a standing order this would be much appreciated. 

 

CALENDAR:  If you can print a copy of the calendar for someone who is not able to get it electronically that would be much appreciated.  Items for the next calendar, eg dates of events, news of people, should be with me, Dorothy, by Sunday, 23 March.

 

SERVICES:  Sunday morning services start at 10.45 am. Children are most welcome at all Chapel services.

 

Date	Minister	Organist	Flowers	Refreshments	Steward
2 Feb	Tina Gandhi	D Williamson	Muriel Jones	C Worthington	J Readett
9 Feb	Rev Celia Cartwright	D Williamson	Muriel Jones	M Jones	E Taylor
16 Feb	Tina Gandhi	D Williamson	Muriel Jones	M Sixsmith	D Shallcross
23 Feb	Ewen Sim	R Steedman	Muriel Jones	J Coles	M Sixsmith
2 Mar	Rev Tony McNeile	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	S Darbey	G Leigh

 

WARM SPACES: In January we held coffee mornings with funding obtained by our student minister, Tina. Thank you to our lovely volunteers who kept us stocked up with hot drinks and toasted teacakes. We all had a great time playing games! We didn’t have a huge turnout, which is expected as it was our first one. Afterwards, Tina met with Darron, the minister at Salvation Army; he suggested we move it to Tuesdays as that’s when they’re shut, so he’ll direct his people to us. With this in mind going forward our coffee mornings will be on Tuesdays,

 

Now on Tuesdays, we will provide a weekly coffee morning from 10.30 am until 12 noon on 4, 11 and 25 February.  The mornings are open to all ages with free refreshments available, plus newspapers, games such as dominoes, a knitting table and toys/ colouring books for young children. 

 

SAFEGUARDING:  The service held on February 2nd will cover Safeguarding and will explain why it is needed and why it is everyone's responsibility. Please try to attend if you can.

 

NELUM:   The next Nelum meeting will be held at Unity Church on February 3rd at 7:15pm with refreshments available beforehand.

 

 

 

FLOWERS:  Flowers on the 19th January were birthday memories for Lilian and Jack Leigh. From Susan, Geoff and John Leigh

 

NUMBERS CLUB:  Winning numbers:  28 £50, 1 £30, 30 £20 and 13 £15.  Thank you to all members for their support.

 

USED POSTAGE STAMPS:  Any used stamps can be placed in the stamp collection box in the Chapel foyer. They will go to the RNIB. 

 

GIFT AID:  If you are a taxpayer, could you please check whether your contributions to the Chapel are gift-aided and whether the white A4 Charity Gift Aid Declaration forms located in the trough under each of the Chapel’s notice boards have been completed.

 

FUNDRAISING:  Contact David Shallcross at the Chapel or email chowbenter@gmail.com to join the Chapel numbers club, to buy and dedicate a hymn book,  a chalice badge or a copy of the book "The Story of Chowbent Chapel. by J.J. Wright.   For copies of “Chowbent Chapel and the Organs” by Bryan Hughes contact Dorothy Williamson.

For weekly donation envelopes, please contact Geoff Leigh.  If you are able to replace your envelope contribution with a standing order, this would be much appreciated. 

 

CALENDAR:  If you can print a copy of the calendar for someone who is not able to get it electronically, that would be much appreciated.  Items for the next calendar, eg dates of events and news of people, should be with me, Dorothy, by Sunday, 16 February.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SERVICES:  Sunday morning services start at 10.45 am. Children are most welcome at all Chapel services.

 

Date	Minister	Organist	Flowers	Refreshments	Steward
5 Jan	Tina Gandhi	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	M Sixsmith	D Shallcross
12 Jan	Rev Celia Cartwright	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	J Coles	M Sixsmith
19 Jan	Tina Gandhi	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	S Darbey	G Leigh
26 Jan	Jean Longworth	R Steedman	Lynne Readett	J Hodgson	D Williams
2 Feb	Tina Gandhi	D Williamson	Lynne Readett	C Worthington	J Readett

 

CAROL SERVICE:  The Carol Service took place on 22 December.  It was so well attended we ran out of Orders of Service.  There were readings by members of the congregation and special items by the choir.  For the first time in a number of years we had children to sing the first verse of Once in Royal David’s City.  Joshua and Jonah Lee, grandchildren of Lynne and John Readett sang beautifully and then joined  Tina’s children, Anoushka (age 6) and Rohan (age 4) dressed as Mary and Joseph, and other children from the congregation singing “Away in a Manger”.  Everyone was delighted with their contribution.

 

After the service members met for tea, coffee and mince pies and the raffle raised £67.  Rev Catherall presented the choir with Black Magic chocolates in memory of Blanche.

 

CHRISTMAS FAIR AND RAFFLE:  The money raised from the Christmas Fair and Raffle was £1154.34.  Thank you to all who worked so hard to make the Fair such a success whether providing stalls, refreshments or selling raffle tickets, and to those who supported the Fair on the day.

 

FLOWERS:  The flowers on 15 December were in memory of Mr and Mrs John Vernon, given by their daughter, Dorothy. 

The flowers on 22 December were given by the families of Charles Frankland Williams, Grace Coles, Eddie and Elizabeth Fildes and

Eric and Pat Gregory and babies Connor and Robbie.

 

NUMBERS CLUB:  Winning numbers: 22 £50, 62 £30,29 £20 and 32 £15.  Thank you to all members for their support.

 

USED POSTAGE STAMPS:  Any used stamps can be placed in the stamp collection box, in the Chapel foyer. They will go to the RNIB. 

 

GIFT AID:  If you are a taxpayer, could you please check whether your contributions to Chapel are gift aided and the white A4 Charity Gift Aid Declaration forms located in the trough under each of the Chapel’s notice boards have been completed.

 

FUNDRAISING:  Contact David Shallcross at the Chapel or email: chowbenter@gmail.comto join the Chapel numbers club, to buy and dedicate a hymn book,  a chalice badge or a copy of the book "The Story of Chowbent Chapel. by J.J. Wright.   For copies of “Chowbent Chapel and the Organs” by Bryan Hughes contact Dorothy Williamson.

For weekly donation envelopes; please contact Geoff Leigh.  If you are able to replace your envelope contribution by a standing order this would be much appreciated. 

 

A very happy new year to everyone.

 

CALENDAR:  If you can print a copy of the calendar for someone who is not able to get it electronically that would be much appreciated.  Items for the next calendar, eg dates of events, news of people, should be with me, Dorothy, by Sunday, 19 January.