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The Crosspool community website run by Crosspool Forum
St. Columba’s church is marking Poverty and Homelessness Action Week with a special service this Sunday 22 January at 10am.
The speaker will be Dr. Rob Furbey of the Sheffield Church Action on Poverty group.
Crosspool Forum’s next Open Meeting will take place on Thursday 26 January at St Columba’s church. It starts at 7pm.
Come along and give your concerns on local issues to local councillors, the police and officials.
This year’s Stephen Hill Youth pantomime is Hansel and Gretel. It runs from Wednesday 15 February to Saturday 18 February. Tickets, at £4 or £3 for under-12s are available from Bob Hodges on 0114 230 3207.
St Columba’s church in Crosspool has launched a website.
It can be found at stcolumbacrosspool.org.uk and includes details of services, news, and information about its activities in the community.
The launch coincides with a busy programme of Christmas service at Crosspool churches, starting this weekend with candlelight services.
The four local Crosspool churches have announced their programme of services for the Christmas season:
18 December 10am Family Communion; 4pm Festival of Angels Carol Service
24 December 4pm Candlelight Nativity Service; 11.30pm Midnight Communion (joint service with Beacon Methodist at Stephen Hill church)
25 December 10am Christmas amily Communion
18 December 2.45pm Candlelight Service
25 December 10.15am Christmas Day
24 December 4pm Children’s Nativity Service (not Mass); 8pm Christmas Night Mass
25 December 10am Christmas Day Mass
18 December 4pm Carol Service
24 December 4pm Children’s Service with Christingles; 11.30pm Midnight Communion (joint service with St Columba’s)
25 December 10am Worship For All Ages
This Christmas, St Columba’s church in Crosspool is celebrating its second Angel Festival, using large willow angel figures created for the church by local artist Lesley Warren.
The word angel means “messenger” and community groups have been invited to create an angel that expresses the message of their group this Christmas. The host of angels will be exhibited at St. Columba’s over the weekend before Christmas. The exhibition is open from 10am-2pm on Saturday 17 December, with hand bell ringers at 11am.
On Sunday 18 December, the exhibition is open 3-4 pm with an Angel Carol Service at 4pm. Refreshments will be served and donations received in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, who have been a huge support to a local family.
The Children’s Christmas Disco on Sunday 4 December has received a boost from generous local Crosspool businesses.
In addition to Spar’s donation of children’s refreshments, the Crosspool Pharmacy has offered to provide a sizable number gifts for each child attending the Crosspool Forum’s community Children’s Christmas Disco.
The event for children between 3-11 years will run from 1.30-3.30pm in St Columba’s church hall. Father Christmas will bring a present for every child! Refreshments and nibbles will be served.
You can get your ticket from Crosspool Pet Shop – tickets are £5 per child and the accompanying parent or guardian is free. You can also contact the Forum on crosspoolforum@fsmail.netor 0114 335 1674 for tickets and more information.
Crosspool Forum is hosting a Children’s Christmas Disco on Sunday 4 December, 2011.
The event for children between 3-11 years will run from 1.30-3.30pm in St Columba’s church hall. Father Christmas will bring a present for every child! Refreshments and nibbles will be served.
You can get your ticket from Crosspool Pet Shop – tickets are £5 per child and the accompanying parent or guardian is free. You can also contact the Forum on crosspoolforum@fsmail.netor 0114 335 1674 for tickets and more information.
Care in Crosspool has been helping the vulnerable and isolated in the community for 25 years.
You’re invited to help celebrate this at a social afternoon of tea, coffee and cakes at St Columba’s Church Hall from 2pm-3.30pm on Tuesday 8 November 2011.
If you have concerns about a vulnerable or isolated person, please don’t hesitate to contact Elizabeth at the Care in Crosspool office, located at the back of St Columba’s Church and open Monday-Friday 9.45-11.15am.
You can also get in touch on 0114 267 0045.
The first exhibition of artists living in or strongly connected to Crosspool took place as part of this year’s Crosspool Festival. It brought together professionals and amateurs at the week-long show at St Columba’s Church.
The lovely light venue was excellent and the generosity of those who attended raised more than £220 for the Soup Run*. Those who didn’t come missed a treat! Judith Hanson
*The Soup Run distributes food to the homeless in town and is orgainised by St Columba’s and Stephen Hill churches
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