St Hilda's Church

The Parish of Firswood and Gorse Hill

Welcome!

St Hilda's is an active, growing, local church on the edge of inner city Manchester, in the Borough of Trafford and Diocese of Manchester
 
Please check back to the site soon as at present the set up here is only very basic to give some key information - more will be added shortly!
God bless
 
Please read our recent annual report:  Click here.
 

NEWSFLASH - Tenders have come in above estimate for the extension project - PLEASE HELP US BRIDGE THE GAP SO THE EXTENSION CAN GO AHEAD!!

Ross ran in the Greater Manchester 10k Run on Sunday 16 May to raise funds for the extension project - it's not too late to sponsor him - please click here.

Or you can give directly to the designated fund for the extension - click here for a giving form for this purpose.

 
 
Up Coming Events

Young people's Summer Programme - a great set of events, 3 per week - they will fill up fast so book your place as soon as you can. Click on the relevant link below for full information:

Years 3-6 (ages 7-11)        Years 7+ (ages 11+)

       And/or see Sarah, Dave or Abhishek at clubs or church.

       (PS we need some of your cardboard boxes and plastic bottles (washed please!) etc for our Monster Craft event in the midst of this so please drop off at church if you can).

Metrolink Developments Drop In for Firswood Residents re their works locally - 4-7pm Thursday 5 August.

Sundays in August 10.30am services are Worship for All services (i.e. children included rather than having their separate groups) 

Current series of Sunday Services over the summer - Parables, especially some of the less familiar ones.

Sundays in August we are looking at some of Jesus' parables in our 10.30am services:

  • 1 August - The Wicked Tenants, Matthew 21.33-46
  • 8 August - The Ten Virgins, Matthew 25.1-13
  • 15 August - The Two Debtor, Luke 7.36-50 (esp vv 41-43)
  • 22 August - The Net, Matthew 13.47-52 (service includes a baptism)
  • 29 August - The Workers in the Vineyard, Matthew 20.1-16

Also in the 8.15am services: 

  • 1 August, 8.15am - Mustard seeds & yeats, Matthew 13.31-35
  • 15 August, 8.15am - The fig tree, Luke 21.29-36
  • 29 August, 8.15am - The Householder - Keep Watch, Mark 13.31-37
Clothing collections - we are collecting men's clothes (especially socks) for men needing them in Romania (see Alan) or the Mothers Union are collecting bras for the Bosom Buddies project - some of the women needing clothing help in Manchester don't get this kind of clothing donated (see Sue). 
 
Recent events

Sunday 25 July, we considered The Unmerciful Servant Matthew 18.21-35 in our 10.30 communion service. as well as the baptism of Rai Lee Booth. Then we had fun at a family picnic in Longford Park.  

Sunday 18 July - Mexican lunch - Cynthia Quintana's penultimate Sunday with us before returning to Mexico - we heard from her about her home church, community and mission in the service, and then had a Mexican meal afterwards, and a huge piñata as well

Saturday 17 July 12.30pm - Parish lunch.

Basic Computer Skills Drop In run by Trafford College Community Learning - Friday 9 and 16 July 9.30 - 11.30am. FREE. Please let us know of your interest if you weren't able to make these two sessions but would like to attend such a course as we plan to run a longer version from September, and the course can be tailored to suit particular needs/interests if you have them.
 
Tuesday 6 July - we hosted the deanery Mothers Union festival, led by our ordinand Sarah - the MU banner will be with St Hilda's for the year now.

Recent series of Sunday Services - Discipleship Studies (see Read More on the menu above for further detail)

Titles: 

18 July Discipleship and Mission.

11 July Being on the Ball - Discipleship and Scripture.

4 July Discipleship Every Day.

27 June Discipleship and Ethics.

20 June Discipleship and Fruitfulness.

13 June Discipleship as Cost.

6 June Discipleship as Love.   

30 May Discipleship as Joy.

23 May - Pentecost Sunday. Baptisms of some new disciples!

16 May Discipleship as Unlearning

9 May New Government - a topical look at discipleship after the election.

2 May Discipleship as Learning 

25 April series start: "Introducing Discipleship" followed by the Annual Church meeting. Click here to read the annual report. 

 

Easter Card

Easter Service details

Easter Experience –   Monday 22 March 3.30-5.00 or 7.00-8.30pm

  Palm Sunday  28 March.  Note: Clocks Go Forward.

    Celebration and Communion Service – 10.30am

  Prayer Times in week before Easter (Holy Week)  

   Morning: Mon 29 Mar – Thurs 1 Apr, 9.15-10.00am
   Evening: Mon 29 Mar – Weds 31 Mar, 9.00-9.30pm

  Maundy Thursday  1 April

  Prayer time – 9.15-10.00am (as noted above)
  Coffee Shop, with hot cross buns, 10.00am -12.30pm
  Evening worship – 7.30pm informal remembering of
       Jesus’ Last Supper (communion) with his friends

  Good Friday  2 April

  Reflective Service – 10.30-11.30am
  Church Open for Guided Meditation – 3.00-8.00pm

  Easter Sunday  4 April   He is Risen. Hallelujah!!

    Celebration Service with Communion – 10.30am

Haiti Fund raising events: Lent Lunch: 15 March 12.30 & Quiz Night 18 March 7.30pm.

St Hilda's hosted Diocesan Children's Work Core Skills Training.Fortnightly on Tuesday evenings beginning 12 January at 7.30pm for six sessions.
See the flyer and course content. 

 
 
Sunday 22 November International Guest Speaker Ray Miller, a Professor of Theology and Missions in Costa Rica.
Mission illusrtration involving young people

Alpha Course began Monday 23 November.

 

 

 

Sunday 15 November 10.30am - St Hilda's Day Service, with help from Lower Key Stage 2 children from St Hilda's School 
 
Run for the Prize illustration Some of the children leading a song
 
 
Wednesday 11 November Women's Social -  see flyer for details
 
Remembrance Sunday 8 November

- smaller spoken service at Church at 10.30am;
- Trafford Council's Annual Service of Remembrance
    at Stretford Cenotaph
    10.40 for 10.50 start

with 2 minute silence at 11.00am in both services. 
 
Stretford Cenotaph Remembrance Day
 

Bonfire Night Party

St Hilda's on BBC Radio

"Growing up with God" - iPlayer link playable until 3 November 

We feature in a short part of this programme, followed by local high school Trinity,
a little after half way through. 

Sunday 1 November 10.30: Suffering Church Sunday

Events for Halloween

(wholesome not gruesome! - enjoying some fun knowing that evil is overcome by good)

Superheroes party (young children)

Halloween Quest: from darkness to light (years 3-6) 

Night walk (high school)

Team at the end Joining in the local Big Tidy up - Friday 23 October

 
 
Weekly Highlights

English Conversation classes - Monday morning 9.30-11.30am for speakers with English as their second language. CRB checked church volunteers provide a free creche.

Over 50s light exercise - Monday mornings 10.00-11.30

Mum & Baby Cafe - Monday afternoons - please note this has temporarily relocated to the Children's Centre on Warwick Court until the imminent extension works are completed.

Sewing Class - Tuesday mornings. Children's Centre workers run a free creche alongside this class.

Exercise classes - Tuesday and Wednesday evenings run by local group TUSIT.

Coffee Shop - Thursday mornings

Pre-school breakfast - Friday mornings 7.30-8.30am in term time. Supporting the Walk once a Week initiative for Healthy Schools as well as being a good social time for the school and church family. 

Friday mornings 9.30-10.30 - story and rhyme time with the Children's Centre (currently relocated to St Theresa's School pending the extension building work being completed).

Also young people's activities at various times in the week (Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays) - see the young people's pages.

Sunday afternoons 2.00-5.30 The Church of God of Prophecy are borrowing our building for their services while they get their own place ready. We are glad to be able to offer our brothers and sisters in Christ hospitality; they have also been using St Hilda's on Wednesday evenings for a missions course (now finished), and we are looking forward to future joint working for and with our local community as our churches share many common aims and both want to bring good things to our area. Watch this space for developments. 

Every Day - Daily prayer 9.15-10.00 lively informal time of open discussion centred on the days Bible passages leading into prayer for local and wider issues.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings and Wednesday lunchtimes - "Dynamo" groups - home based meetings of smaller groups for learning, growing and supporting each other. Small groups offer the opportunity to get to know each other really well, to pick up on what is most important to the members and to develop our gifts. We want these to be the place where energy is generated for our church and its service of the local community. See church leaders to arrange joining one of the groups. 

 

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