Acre Mill Baptist Church
Hammond Avenue
Stacksteads
Bacup
Lancashire
OL13 8LN
Church Text 2026
One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek.
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
Psalm 27 v4
Latest News
Hi Folks,
Here's a list of our morning services for the next few weeks:
All our Holiday services are All Age services:
Sunday 26th July, 10.30am:
Holiday Morning Service with Communion- Led by David C
Sunday 2nd Aug, 10.30am:
Holiday Morning Service - Led by Katie & Lee M
Sunday 9th Aug, 10.30am:
Holiday Morning Service - Led by Rev Steve Ansell
Sunday 16th Aug, 10.30am:
Holiday Morning Service - Lead By Pamela H-J
Sunday 23rd Aug, 10.30am:
Holiday Morning Service - Led by Sunday School Leaders
Sunday 30th Aug, 10.30am:
Bank Holiday Morning Service - Led by Peter W
Sunday 6th Sept , 10.30am:
Sunday Morning Service with Communion - Led by David C
Sunday 13th Sept, 10.30am:
Sunday Morning Service - "Big Church"
Sunday 20th Sept 10.30am:
Leprosy Mission Sunday Morning Service
Sunday 27th Sept 10.30am:
Sunday Morning All Age Service - Led by Phil W
Happy New Year!!!
Thank you for joining us in our Christmas celebrations, and we want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you and worshiping with you in 2026
We have our 4 Advent services leading up to Christmas, including our Choir Musical on Sun 14th Dec at 7pm and our Traditional Service of Lessons and Carols on Sun 21st Dec at 6pm. Sunday 21st Morning service is our Nativity Service, led by our Sunday School and CBC children and we'd love to see you on Christmas Day for our Christmas morning service
Our New Church Text for '26 is from Psalm 27 v4
"One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek.
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple"
We will be looking further into this passage in our Bible Text Sunday service later in the year.
Acre Mill's New Chapter
We are very pleased to announce that since 1st Sept '25, we are being supported and led by our new Mentor Minister: Rev Steve Ansell.
Steve is now working with us on a part time basis following an agreement with our close friends at Lumb Baptist Church.
We are really excited about Steve joining us and ask for your prayers for this new, exciting chapter at Acre Mill
Prayers for all those affected by Earthquakes and Natural Disasters
We remember and pray for all those in our own county who have been affected, flooded or had to leave their homes during the recent storms
And, we remember in our prayers all those in Japan who have been affected or lost family members in the recent earthquakes and subsequent situation in Japan.
And we continue to remember all those affected by the distuption and loss of life due the the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria last years. And we are sending our thoughts and prayers out to all those affected and needing help and assistance, and are so thankful for those giving aid to those in need.
We are still collecting for Tearfund (a member of the Disasters Emergancy Committee) to help the urgent aid needs in both of those countries right now!
The Disasters Emergancy Commitee are still collecting for those areas in need, here are 2 links to organisations helping, on the ground, right now, if you would like further information or would like to donate.
Tearfund (this will open Tearfund's webpage)
DEC [Disasters Emergancy Committee] (this will open the DEC webpage)
Continuing Prayers for those caught in conflicts
Please do continue to remember all the innocent lives caught up in wars and conflicts in this beautiful world - especially remembering the war in Ukraine and the continuing situation in Gaza, Israel and now further into Iran and the wider Middle East - and lets all pray that these conflicts will come to an end quickly and that no more lives will be lost and pray for the ongoing humanitarian situation.
And, of course we now remember the ongoing situation in Venezuela.
Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9) and "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5)
Want to support further?
Various Charities are still mobalisied to help those in need at this time. Charities like:
Tearfund - for Ukraine (this will open Tearfund's webpage)
British Red Cross - for Israel and Gaza (this will open British Red Cross webpage)
are just 2 that a number of friends at church are supporting
God Bless and Take Care
We are open!
Great news, we are open!
Sunday morning services and most meetings are now being held as normal
(However, please note that we are NOT currently holding evening Services on a Sunday).
Although no legal restrictions are now in place around Covid19, we want to ensure all can feel confident in entering, and safe within our Church.
To support this: Hand Sanitiser remains widely available throughout the building, and Face Masks are available, which you are welcome to use if it makes you feel more comfortable.
Let's stay safe together!!
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