Thackley Methodist Church and Community Centre

The amount raised for MHA from the envelopes distributed on 10th June totalled £88.91, including £13.38 tax that will be recovered under the GiftAid scheme. Many thanks to all who contributed to this worthwhile total. John V

The Mosaic Church from leeds is running an Alpha course at Thackley for the next 6 weeks, starting this Sunday 1st July at 6pm ending at 8pm. If you want to attend, please tell Jackie D who can give numbers to the group running the course.

Jackie Marshall, with help from Greens Health and Fitness, has organised a sponsored Jubilee Swim in aid of Bradford and Airedale Cancer Support, who provide assistance for cancer patients and their families in our area. During this Jubilee month, 60 gym members will be swimming 1 km each to reach the Diamond distance. If you are able to sponsor Jackie, she would be very grateful - she'll have her sponsor form with her this Sunday, or give her a ring.

Many thanks to all who supported the Dev's Open Garden on Saturday 16 June. They raised a total of £127, and a further £50 was given in donations. If you missed this and would like to see the garden again at a better time for you or would just like to see the garden again (and in better weather!) please let John or Jackie know. They will be very pleased to share it with you and can arrange transport if necessary. Tea/coffee and scones will be served as usual!

We were very saddened to hear of the death of Nina Holloway on Monday 18 June 2012.  Nina has been at Thackley for many years and is remembered fondly for her work as a Sunday School Teacher and many other contributions to the life of the church.  Her funeral will be at 2 pm on Friday 6th July, with refreshments in the New Hall at 3:20 pm. Our thoughts and prayers are with her daughter Mary and family.

10.00 am - 12.00 noon Lots of community stalls for you to browse and buy. Tea/coffee/biscuits - £1 Bacon butties/tea/coffee - £2

Elaine would like to thank everyone who came to support the Strawberry Cream Tea on Saturday 9 June. Special thanks to all those who helped on the day, and to those who donated prizes. The total raised was £363.15 - a fantastic amount raised for the continuing work of the Breast Cancer Care charity.

What a wonderful day we had on 4th June! It’s a good job that the weather played its part! Many thanks to all who helped in any way – our efforts have been appreciated by Mike Smith, the celebrations’ organiser. He has announced that over the whole day a total of £1243.64 was raised for the chosen charity, “ Help for Heroes ”, in addition to £152.70 raised through a tombola stall run by and for the Sue Ryder Foundation . And what was TMC’s contribution to this worthy effort? The refreshments bucket when emptied held £69.61: the sale of the souvenir brochures raised £75.00 and the bookstall £216.90. So, in all we contributed £361.51 to “Help for Heroes”. Well done!