Faith, Religion & Spirituality - Burngreave Messenger

SAGE sing away the blues

17th December 2018

Story by Ruby Munson-Hirst Burngreave based mental health charity, SAGE, run a women’s community singing group Singing Through the Seasons every Monday (term time) between 12.30-2.30pm, at The Welcome Centre, Nottingham Street. The group welcomes [Read more]

Party at St James Church marking Windrush.

Windrush generation longing to belong

5th November 2018

Story and photo by Graham Jones On 29th September 2018, St James Church on Scott Road held a party, marking Windrush. The Empire Windrush was a ship that transported Caribbeans to the UK during a [Read more]

Musical Shiloh Rocks Burngreave

5th November 2018

Story by Suman Shreshta Shiloh United Church of Christ has been serving in Sheffield for 52 years. Recently Shiloh organised ‘The Annual Concert 2018’, part of their many activities. The programme started at 5.30pm on [Read more]

Krishna Janmasthami

17th September 2018

Story by Suman Shrestha | Photos by Frankie Currie Krishna Janmasthami, also known as Gokulashtami, is an important annual festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna, who according to the Hindu religion, is said [Read more]

Bridlington Rock

17th September 2018

Story and photo by Suman Shrestha On Saturday 18th August, a church day out event was organised by the Rock Christian Centre. Almost 45 people gathered in the church at 9am. There were families, kids, [Read more]

A great day at St Peter’s Fair

6th August 2018

Story by Surtag Hack | Photos by John Mellor On the lovely summer’s day of 14th July, the sights and sounds of everybody having a good time greeted me as I visited St Peter’s annual [Read more]

Power in peace and harmony

18th June 2018

Story by Tim Neal | Photo by Nawal Al Fares Ahmad Hussain, who was born and brought up on Barnsley Road, has been named on the Muslim 100 Power list. He joins other influential Muslims [Read more]

Pip Salmon supporting communities

18th June 2018

Story and photo by James Woollen The Burngreave Messenger was invited to report on the licensing of the new Priest in Charge at Pitsmoor Christ Church, Pip Salmon, on 23rd April. The inauguration ceremony was [Read more]

Tales from the Windrush Generation

18th June 2018

Story by Carrie Hedderwick and Messenger Staff Who are the Windrush generation? On 22 June 1948 the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks carrying the first Caribbean people who were invited to the UK to [Read more]

Chaand Raat (Moon Night)

24th May 2018

Ladies only event on Wednesday 13th June from 2:30pm to 8pm At the Firvale Healthy Living Centre Café, Earl Marshal Road Chaand Raat is an event where ladies prepare themselves for Eid celebrations after Ramadan. [Read more]

Ramadan prayer times 2018

23rd May 2018

As promised in our April 2018 issue, we now have a listing of times and locations for the daily iftars and Al Taraweeh prayers for Ramadan 2018.

Comm2Unity: something for everyone

30th April 2018

Story by Fran Belbin Comm2Unity Saturday 16th June, 12pm – 4pm Community members, businesses and services are coming together to organise a magnificent day celebrating Eid and showing off the range of businesses in the [Read more]

Ramadan 2018

30th April 2018

Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It celebrates the Quran being revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him). The celebration of [Read more]

Fasting at Ramadan is good for every one of us

30th April 2018

Story by Farhaan Warsame Fasting is a special act of worship that lasts from sunrise until sunset. It is not only Muslims who pay attention, though, because there are many proven benefits of fasting. Boost [Read more]

Rock visit Al Rahman

30th April 2018

Story and photo by Gamal Abdulla On Sunday evening, a group of more than twenty from the Rock Christian Centre on Spital Hill made a visit to the Al- Rahman Mosque on Gower Street. By [Read more]

Letter from Mark Wildman

30th April 2018

Hello to Burngreave A year ago I was living and working on the Isle of Iona, a little peaceful jewel in the Atlantic, far from the hustle and bustle of inner city life. It was [Read more]