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This Sunday 14th April is Palm Sunday and we will be celebrating with an Outdoor Service at 12.30pm. Come and meet the donkey, feed, ride and walk with the donkey around the church with palm crosses symbolising the moment when Jesus rode into Jerusalem. Music will be provided by the Wardle Community Band and the service led by the Venerable Cherry Vann, Archdeacon of Rochdale, our Vicar Rev Rachel Battershell and our Curate Rev Anne Gilbert.
On Friday 19th April, Good Friday, At 11.00 am there will be a Service at Church led by Rev Rachel Battershell, followed in Littleborough by a Service for Good Friday in the square by Littleborough Churches Together at 12.30 pm.
If you fancy an early start to Easter come and join our Early Service, Raising the Cross at the Bellavista at sunrise 5.30 am on Sunday 21st April.
Our Easter Service will be led Rev Ruth Jackson at 11.00 am on Sunday 21st April.
Everyone is welcome to all the above services as we celebrate the Passion and Resurrection of Christ
Baby and Toddler Group meet every Monday and Wednesday from 9.30 am until noon.
Brownies meet every Monday after Easter at 6.30 pm, come along and see what is happening.
Slimming World meet every Thursday at 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm. Also on Saturdays at 8.30 am. Contact Rebecca for more information on 07738052984.
Do you have a child or grandchild aged 3 years or over? Wardle Village Church now has a Sunday Club with activities for children (aged 3 years and over) to include stories, singing and craftwork. Younger children will be very welcome in Church and the Service will be each Sunday at 11am. The Sunday Club will be held at the same time, starting and finishing in Church.
Wardle is a Local Ecumenical Partnership between Wardle Methodist Church and the Parish of Wardle and Smallbridge. Wardle Village Church has been a local Ecumenical Partnership since 1993, and its fully integrated congregation shares both Methodist and Anglican worship. We play a full part in both the Rochdale and Littleborough Methodist Circuit and District and the Rochdale Deanery and Diocese of Manchester.
Our purpose is to offer meaningful worship; (both traditional and modern) to encourage members to grow in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to be the body of Christ, witnessing to his love and grace in the area we serve.
Ministers
Rev Rachel Battershell
Vicar
Tel: 01706 378466
Rev Anne Gilbert
Anglican Curate
Tel: 346774
Diocese of Manchester Website
www.manchester.anglican.org.uk
Rev. Ruth Jackson
Superintendent Methodist Minister
01706 551686
Methodist Church Website