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HAND TO HEART - SATURDAY 25th JUNE

Hand to Heart - Part of the Nationwide Biblefresh campaign
A number of churches and Christians have chosen to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible by helping people connect with the Bible today in a campaign called Biblefresh.
Hand to Heart is one of the local responses to this - a beautifully simple idea to make a hand-written Bible, made by the people of West Yorkshire, young and old.

So far it's gone to old people's homes, schools, and churches of various denominations. Now it's our turn and we've been given the book of James.

Coley Church will be open from 10am to 4pm on Saturday June 25th  and we are extending a warm welcome to passers by, regulars and their guests to all play their part. It will coincide with the regular tidy up of the graveyard to encourage some of those who tend graves to nip into church too.

We hope that they will be able to enjoy the peace and stillness while copying out a verse or two which will also be photocopied for them to take home. We hope what they write with their hand will be taken to heart too. Their original will form part of the whole, everyone's efforts collected together from across the county as we trust God to honour His promise that when His Word goes out it does not return empty.

There will be colouring pens for people to make the most of their artistic talents and illuminate letters if they are feeling artistic!

Please support this initiative by bringing yourselves and anyone who you feel may appreciate a bit of quiet and/or a visit to our church. Please pray that all of us will be able to connect with God in a deeper way through this project.

Our Daily Bread - February 2011

Recently, as part of the teaching at Young Church, they discussed prayer and studied The Lord’s Prayer up to the part of “Give us today our daily bread”. When they came to church to explain to the congregation what they had been studying they presented Mark with a loaf of bread. 

They explained that the bread feeds us physically but opening it up was the true daily bread - the words of the Bible which feed us spiritually.

Joint Churches January 2011

The Joint Churches , St Matthews, Lightcliffe, Christchurch Hipperholme and St John the Baptist Coley, meet together to have joint activities, one activity which takes place every second Wednesday of the month,  is a group called ‘Chinstep’, Churches in Step where a  4 to 5 mile walk is organised. 

Last time it was the turn of Coley.  The walk was around Shipley Glen and Baildon Moor with lunch in the local restaurant. Details of the walk are in the Sunday Notices.

Shoe Box Appeal - December 2010

For several years, we at Coley have been involved with the Shoe Box Appeal.  Each year we get more shoe boxes filled with presents than previous years.  This time we took over 350 boxes to the receiving centre in Huddersfield. 

Here is an example of a letter received from Bosnia.

I am writing this letter to you with a great gratitude as my little son has received today at his school, a gift (parcel with items) from your Organization - Samaritan's Purse from England. I would like to stress how much I was delighted by this act of yours as it has brought smile and happiness to my son's face.

We live in Bosnia, he is 8 years old and he is in 3rd grade of the elementary school. Beside several lovely items inside the parcel box, he found a little rabbit toy that he takes with him now while sleeping. As I am a single father with 2 kids (temporarily unemployed), I must admit you have also helped me in my intentions to make every single day happy for him as I can not afford him as much as I could before, due to unemployment.

Once again, I want to kindly thank you for bringing smile on the face of my little adorable son.

Sincerely
Almir O.