November 2023
Issue No. 117
GIFTS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS TREATS & BIRTHDAYS
Ackworth Flower Shop CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP DATES Xmas door garland workshop Wednesday 29th Nov 6.30pm Thursday 30th Nov 6.30pm Sunday 3rd Dec 11am
Table arrangement workshop Tues 19th Dec 6.30pm
£45 each All materials, drinks and nibbles provided. Full payment when booking, limited spaces available, call the shop to book 01977 619944 Debbie Harrod @ ACKWORTH FLOWER SHOP
92 Wakefield Road, Ackworth, WF7“The 7BD :01977 619944 Rosebuds, Market Street, WF9 4JY :01977 611701 2 Please mention Arrow” when responding toHemsworth, advertisements
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Welcome to the November issue of the Ackworth Arrow Well it looks like we can’t avoid it any longer, Christmas is approaching and I Have indulged in my first of many mince pies! For all of you parents out there—the race is on to make sure Father Christmas has his letter delivered safely and everything ticked off in time. Yorkshire Wildlife Park has a 25% discount off the standard ticket price for their winter illuminations as well as a great choice of Christmas gifts to suit all ages. I hope everyone has a spooky Halloween and sparkly bonfire night. Keep safe and have fun. The December issue deadline for adverts and content is Wednesday 15th November. The Arrow will be delivered by 1st December.
Best wishes
Michelle Sidebottom
Tel: 07795 387937 michelle@arrowpublications.co.uk arrowpublications.co.uk
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Ackworth’s New Methodist Minister. HE REVEREND CHRISTOPHER HOLMES Please call me Chris! I am the minister with pastoral charge of Featherstone, Ackworth, Upton and Trinity (South Elmsall) Methodist Churches. I am married to Heather and have two grown-up daughters, with our first grandchild on the way. I love listening to music, walking, and singing whilst strumming my guitar. I speak Spanish and would love to meet anyone in the area with roots or connections with Spain or Latin America. I was a schoolteacher before responding to a call from God to serve as a minister and ending up in this lovely area among the kind and generous people of Yorkshire. I am gradually getting used to living in Featherstone and finding my way around Ackworth and the surrounding areas. I have now taken a service in each of the four churches, and I have been made very welcome indeed! I am supporting the 1st Ackworth Boys’ Brigade, offering help where needed with their Bible study and faith development activities. I hope to get involved with Ackworth Churches together and to get to as many community events as I can fit into my rapidly filling diary! I think it is very important that as many people as possible see me around the villages and feel they can say hello and have a chat. May God bless you and keep you, make his face to shine upon you and give you peace. Chris
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