ABOUT US

THE CHURCH AT BLACKSHAW HEAD : A CHURCH FOR ALL.

Although we are a Methodist Church, as there is no other church in the village our membership comes from a spectrum of backgrounds - Anglicans and Catholics as well as Methodists and those with no particular denomination.

This diversity is reflected in our life together, which draws on a wide range of Christian traditions.
We believe in a church that is inclusive and family-centred, that embraces a variety of spiritualities, and that increasingly meets and shares together 'on-line' as well as in our lovely chapel.
We try not to be 'religious', but instead to concentrate on working out how to live the kind of life set out in the gospels, and to become the kind of loving and caring community to which Jesus calls us.

Our Sunday services vary from week to week. . We have communion around once a month, (iusually on the first Sunday) and every two months or so we have a 'cafe church', where we sit at tables and have coffee and buns as part of worship which tends to include videos and conversation. Once every three months we join with the other Methodist Chuches in the Upper Calder Valley 'cluster' for a joint servie, which we take it in turn to host.

"THE CHURCH AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY"
We aim to serve the local community in whatever ways we can, as both a spiritual and a practical resource. 

The chapel provides a useful suite of community rooms which we make  available for community events such as the village fete and local history club exhibitions, and we hire out space for both regular clubs and meetings and one-off events and private parties.

The chapel also hosts Blackshaw Parish Council's meetings and provides a performance space for Colden School.

In the porch is our Christmas manger, which we use all year round as the village's collection point for donations for two local food-banks, although due to increasing demand we have now augmented this with two collection bins outside the entrance.

We see our chapel as a spiritual base for celebrating and remembering all the landmarks of personal and civic life, and one which provides further ministry to the community through its beautiful graveyard.

You will find much more about us in this website, so please come in and explore what we are about.
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