St John’s gains Eco Church Status
St John’s, Sharow becomes only the fifth church in the Diocese of Leeds to gain an Eco Church Award. The news comes at the end of the church’s Cherishing Our…
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Beth Lonsdale, Heritage Learning Assistant, on Cherishing Churchyards Week
Cherishing Churchyards Week What fun! I would really encourage every church to get involved with Cherishing Churchyards week – a week of activities in which the whole community can come…
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Cherishing Churchyards Week Newsletter
You can find the summary of our Cherishing Churchyard week celebrating our beautiful churchyard by clicking the link below. [gview file=”https://stjohnssharow.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CHERISHING-CH-NEWS.pdf”]
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Cherishing our Church
It is an exciting time to be working at St John’s. With a new parish priest waiting in the wings, exciting new bits of the building about to appear and…
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Updated Building Plans for the Vision Project
Work continues apace as we look to begin the alterations to the church. You can find links to the plans below or on the church noticeboard. Porch Door HatchKitchen Layout…
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Researching Charles Piazzi Smyth
Charles Piazzi Smyth has to be one of the most interesting characters I’ve ever had the privilege to research. A pioneering astronomer, photographer, Egyptologist and, in the words of Sir Flinders…
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Starting out as a Heritage Learning Officer
About time I introduced myself: I’m Joe and I’m Sharow’s Heritage Learning Officer. I’ll be updating you on my goings-on in regular (I hope) blog posts. For now, here is my…
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JAM Club’s Reverse Advent
Our JAM Club have created a reverse advent calendar where, instead of taking chocolates out of a calendar, they are collecting food and gifts to give to those in need…
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