There are strange people who find graveyards and cemeteries fascinating places to spend an occasional hour or two. Who amongst us can remember the Revd William Joshua Houlgate? If you can you must have been very, very young and Mr Houlgate would have been very old. The Revd WJ Houlgate was born July 6th 1842 […]
Airedale Independent College, Elizabeth Ann Houlgate, Fleetwood, Fleetwood United Reformed Church, Haslingden, Lee Lane Horwich, Whalley Range Accrington, William Joshua HoulgateIf you trawl through our church records we can identify individuals, other than ministers, who from the very earliest days have had a significant effect on shaping our church’s history, the town’s and, as you will see, other places, too. We can easily bring to mind the names of Thomas Drummond and James Robertson. One […]
Lancashire people have always been noted for being ground breakers. And in terms of Non-Conformist church history Fleetwood can claim a small part in the place of women in the church. At a time when, unless you were Anglican, you were prevented from attending university, and even from being an MP, or holding a civic […]
Constance Clark, Daughters of Dissent, Fleetwood United Reformed Church, Women in the Church, www.womenpriests.orgASDA in Fleetwood has launched a scheme by which members of the public can help some of our community charities, one of which is the Foodbank. The way the scheme works is that customers will be given a token when they pay at the check-out. They are then free to place it in one of […]
ASDA, Fleetwood FOODBANKA PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO DUNCAN BROWN (1922-2012) A TRULY CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN, A CONTRIBUTION BY HOWARD LOWRY “One of the greatest privileges of my life so far has been to have known Duncan Brown, who passed away on February 4th, a couple of weeks after celebrating his 90th birthday. Duncan died in The Manse Nursing Home, […]
Duncan Brown, Fleetwood United Reformed ChurchLET’S CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH On Sunday, May 27th, at 4.00 p.m all the churches in the Fleetwood are gathering at Trinity Baptist Church. Each church in the town is focusing on one set of countries. All our youngsters at Fleetwood United Reformed Church are asked to make the national flags of Somalia, […]
Feast for the Feast of Pentecost, Fleetwood Churches Together, Fleetwood United Reformed ChurchWe can react with disbelief, incredulity, but the FLEETWOOD FOODBANK is proving to be a lifeline. And you can blame the government, the schools’ system, benefits’ dependency, absence of mothers’ knees to learn from, super-market advertising & promotions, TV-dinners, unemployment, poor use of personal time, individuals who can’t/wont budget … You are not going to […]
CAB, CAP, CCCS, Christians Agaist Poverty, Citizens Advice Bureau, Consumer Credit Counselling Service, Foodbank, St Vincent de Paul SocietyThere has been much publicity on television and in the press on loans offered through outlets such as PAY DAY LOANS. (There are other companies.) Do not lose sight of the fact that such outlets, attractively marketed in attractive premises to lure you in, are commercial businesses. There in business to make a profit. REMEMBER, […]
CAB, CAP, CCCS, Christian Agaianst Poverty, Citizens Advice Bureaus, Consumer Credit Counselling Service, Credit Union, Debt Counselling, YMCAIn last month’s newsletter reference was made of a Service of Reconciliation between the Church of England and The United Reformed Church in Westminster Abbey. It was a truly inspiring service. It was attended by Tom Birch, who was there as a guest of Fr Paul Benfield, vicar, St Nicholas’ church. Order of Service […]
Church of England, St Nicholas Fleetwood, United Reformed Church, Westminister AbbeyOur Worship Group is making a genuine and inspirational contribution to our morning worship. And its service on January 29th added much to our fellowship with its theme, ‘A God who gives Authority.’ The service was led by Ann Shadbolt with inserts from Karen Abram, David Wilkinson, Jean Roby and Wendy Slattery. The organists for […]