Tea, coffee, cakes,bacon butties and live coverage inside
Car-free streets of Hebden Bridge outside the chapel
All cleared for a quiet Taizé service in the evening

Hundreds of wooden doves, stamped with our website address, tied with string and ready to give out as gifts to visitors after the TdF flies through town in a couple of hours time. 

Eco-evangelist George Monbiot chose to use the pulpit last night to deliver his compelling argument for 're-wilding' the countryside ... to a packed house in Hope Chapel.

I wonder what Rev John Fawcett would have thought. I'm sure he's have approved of returning our uplands and wild places to something nearer the richness of God's creation!

Monbiot on our side of the main road and Pantani at the Picture House on the other side of the road. The people of Hebden Bridge were certainly offered choice!

The poster's up.

OK, we didn't know about Sir Wiggo when we got it printed ... but the message should be clear:

This church is looking forward to an amazing weekend. 

Sybil and other, equally cheerful, individuals will welcome you to the 'Hope Collective' at Hope Chapel this weekend - all part of 'Open Studios in Hebden Bridge'. 

Yet another creative use for an old Baptist chapel:
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Rahila shares 'Lentils and Little Legends' in the chapel last night - and Sid tries his hand at making chapatis.

The wonderful smells might linger for this morning's service ... but its an improvement on the beer barrel scent following the Blues Festival!