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
 
2012 - Making Jesus Manifest
 
if anyone obeys his word, the love of God is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. 1 John 2.5-6. 
 

Thank you to all who have given towards our extension, now at its first birthday!

We continue to raise funds for our extension with a large loan still to pay off over next few years. 

You can give directly to the designated fund for the extension - click here for a giving form for this purpose.
 
Up Coming Events

Sunday 1 April - Shared lunch after the service
Saturday 21 April – Ceilidh night with Lazoros Ceilidh with food (bring own drinks) - adults £5/under 12s £3. 6.30-9.30pm Tickets from This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   or leave a message on 0161 750 8500. 

Tuesday 5 June - Diamond Jubilee: Commonwealth Food night - bring and share - with a core Caribbean theme. 4.30-8.30pm.

 


 

 
 
Recent events

Wednesday 28 March - Women's Jewellery making night. 

 

Lent services: 

 

Sunday 
4 Mar

8.15 HC

 All for one and one for all: 1 Cor 10.14-33

10.30am

W4A

Do not forfeit your soul

Mark 8.27-38

6.30 P&P

Praise and Prayer in Lent

 

Sunday 
11 Mar

10.30am

HC

It’s not a market!

John 2.13-22

 

Sunday 
18 Mar

8.15 HC

Maternal Influence: 2 Tim 1

10.30am

MW

Mothering Sunday

1 Samuel 1.10-28, Luke 2.33-35

 

Sunday 
25 Mar

10.30am 
HC

5th Sunday in Lent – the hour has come

Jeremiah 31.31-34; John 12.20-33

 

Sunday 
1 April

8.15 HC

Hosanna: Mark 11.1-26

10.30am

W4A

Palm Sunday

Psalm 118.19-24; John 12.9-19

 

 

Holy Week

9.15-10.00am Mon-Thu

Morning Prayer

 

10.00-10.30pm Mon-Wed

Night Prayer

 

7.00pm Thu

Last Supper & Gethsemane …

 

10.30am Fri

Good Friday Reflective Service

 

Sunday 
8 Apr

10.30am HC

Easter Sunday –

This is what you believed

1 Cor 15.1-11; John 20.1-18

 

Sunday 
15 Apr

10.30am

HC

An Incredible Impact

Acts 4.23-35; John 20.19-31

 

Sunday 
22 Apr

10.30am 
HC

Back in the boat …

John 21

       

                  HC – Holy Communion; MW – Morning Worship; 

W4A – Worship for All; P+P – Praise and Prayer 


 

 

Services: New Year – start of Lent 2012.  Making Jesus Manifest 

Sunday 
8 Jan

10.30am

HC

Epiphany and Bible Text for Year

Matt 2.1-12; 1 John 2.5-6

 

Sunday 
15 Jan

8.15 HC

Free to Care: 1 Cor 8

10.30am

MW

The Love of God

1 John 4.7-21

 

Sunday 
22 Jan

10.30am 
HC

Jesus’ New Commandment

John 13.3-35; 15.9-17

 

Sunday 
29 Jan

8.15 HC

All possible means: 1 Cor 9.1-22

10.30am

MW

Walking as Jesus Did

Mark 1.35-45; 10.13-16; John 9.35-41

 

Sunday 
5 Feb

8.15 HC

Attaining the prize: 1 Cor 9.19-27

10.30am

W4A

Confused?

Mark 2.13-22

6.30pm

P+P

Praise and Prayer

 

Sunday 
12 Feb

10.30am HC

Distressed?

Mark 2.23-3.6

 

Sunday 
19 Feb

8.15 HC

Be careful: 1 Cor 10.1-13

10.30am

MW

Out of your mind?

Mark 3.7-35

 

 

Wed 22 Feb

7.00pm

HC

Ash Wednesday

Joel 2.1-17; John 8.1-11

 

Sunday 
26 Feb

10.30am 
HC

1st Sunday in Lent

Mark 1.9-20

    

HC – Holy Communion; MW – Morning Worship;

W4A – Worship for All; P+P – Praise and Prayer

Wednesday 25 January 9am - Meeting with Changemakers. Parking / Traffic at Schools ... What can be done to safeguard our children? 

Wednesday 18 January 7pm - Friends and Family of St Hilda's School - First Birthday Party! (Annual meeting with elections).

 

   

 

 

Mission - we had Alan Park come and join us at the end of September, taking church out on the streets and "on the bus". He's got a big orange bus and we went out bringing some fun, friendship, prayer for healing and an amazing message - with barbecued burgers thrown in!  

 

Young People's Summer Programme 

This summer we had a whole set of exciting activities for young people. The booking sheets below show what we offered; they have the same front page information for activities that cover the whole age range and specific information on the back for the relevant group. 

School years 3-5 click here.

School years 6-11 click here.  

Summer church services are Worship for All occasions (with children included in the service, rather than having their usual groups). We looked at some of the "Bible Baddies", to see what we can learn from the stories about them. While this may seem to have a light hearted aspect, and we did our best to make it enjoyable for everyone, the fact is that there is a great deal of bad behaviour in our world (and if we are honest typically also in us) so we can learn quite a lot from looking at how things worked out as God dealt with such things, sometimes quickly sometimes in the long haul. For more details click here.


 

 

 

 

Sunday Services have been looking at Paul's second letter to the Corinthians since Easter - a church he had founded and loved but that also gave him lots of heartache. We make so many of the same mistakes it is very instructive for us, as is the way Paul sees everything through the gospel.

 

 

 

To see our annual report from April - please click here. 

 

(You can also see last year's annual report just for back reference:  Click here.) 
 
Weekly Highlights

English Conversation classes - Monday morning 9.30-11.30am for speakers with English as their second language. (School term times).

Over 50s light exercise - Monday mornings 10.00-11.30 (Currently on a winter break, shortly to restart)

Mum & Baby Cafe - Monday afternoons (Breast feeding support, run by the Children's Centre).

Sewing Class - Tuesday mornings (school term times). Not at present - looking to change the day/time. Call/email if interested in this group. 

Parenting class - finished for 2011; was Tuesday and Friday mornings - run by Trafford/Children's Centre (with creche) - watch out for new courses in the new year or call/email for details.

Baby massage - finished in 2011, held on Tuesday afternoons - run by Seymour Grove Health Centre/Children's Centre - watch out for new courses in the new year or call/email for details.

After School crafts - next session coming up after half term 3.30-4.30 Tuesdays (Easter crafts)

Wednesday afternoon 1-3 Healthy Living Course (Trafford College community learning) 

Wednesday afternoons 2.30-5.30pm Young People's Drop in [term time only] 

Thursday morning 9.30-11.30 ESOL class - run by Trafford College community learning.

Coffee Shop - Thursday mornings 10.00am-12.30  

Thursday afternoons 1.30-3.00 Come and Play - parents/carers and toddlers fun/learning/social time, run by volunteers with support of church and Children's Centre. Term time only at present.

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 - parenting course has been running - watch out for new times in new year.

Friday evenings - youth groups.  

For more information on young people's activities at various times in the week (Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays) - please see the young people's pages.

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 - Home Church 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. 

 

M'Cheyne Bible Plan

M'Cheyne readings
The Robert Murray M'Cheyne daily Bible reading calendar.

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