Thackley Methodist Church and Community Centre

Christmas Services Sunday 15 December - 3.00 pm Nativity & Christingle Sunday 22 December - 10.30 am Favourite Carols Christmas Eve - 7.30 pm Carol Service Christmas Day - 10.30 am Family Worship Sunday 29 December - No service

The 2103 Sponsored Walk is on Saturday 26 October, starting at Shipley station at 9 am, then the train to Skipton and a gentle stroll along the canal back to church in time for tea. Those who wish, can join us either at 5 Rise Locks or at Saltaire for a shorter walk. Sponsor forms are in the foyer - please do all you can to help us raise more funds for the Redevelopment Project .

We believe there is a real need to support the community in Idle and Thackley, not only with our present community activities but also to offer accommodation to new groups wanting to use our premises.   At the start of 2013 we developed an ambitious redevelopment project. This comprises a number of essential or desirable improvements to our building, to benefit not only the church membership but also the many community groups  that use our premises. The largest single element of the scheme is replacing all the old rotting windows in the building (excluding the main church windows), but the scheme also deals with removing the external fire exit doors and fire escape from the Upper Hall, and fixing the drains! The estimated total cost for this work is £40,000! However, we are making significant progress. We have now received approval for grants from the Bradford North Circuit Advance Fund, the Allchurches Trust , the  Garfield Weston Foundation   and most sig...

For some time, a number of our folk have been concerned about the pressures being placed on families by the current economic climate. Rachel, one of our members, works for Christians Against Poverty – https://capuk.org/ - and a while ago she gave a brilliant talk at one of our own arrangement services that strengthened this concern, but what could we do?  We don’t really have the resources to set up a CAP course or club, and although appreciated, financial help just doesn’t provide us with the opportunity to do something practical. Then, we remembered something that Rachel said about their first visits to families often finding the cupboards empty and that they’d not eaten properly for days. That provided the answer.  We’re setting up a Food Bank to support those families in crisis and from September are inviting everyone who comes on to our premises to donate tinned or dry food if they can. What’s more, this gives us an opportunity to do something together with our commu...