Remembrance Sunday this year included in the printed order of service included the verse written for 2009 by our very own David Wilkinson, ‘Tears Fill Our Eyes’; and, a new contributions for 2011, ‘Time’. Also repeated this year was the hymn written for Remembrance Sunday by Scotland‘s Carnwadric Parish Church Worship Group and John L […]
Painting in Autumn: Windermere Centre buzzes with bristles Wendy Slattery writes: “I am back from my biannual ‘fix’ of Windermere! We had a new Tutor, Sarah Edwards from Cardiff and she was amazing. There were 18 people booked in. Of those three were non-painters (husbands) 10 people of mixed ability; some had never done any […]
Painting Course, United Reformed Church Windermere Centre, Winderemere Centre CoursesA Fitting Memorable Occasion The church was unusually full for this now annual service. In the congregation were uniformed members of Lancashire Constabulary, Northern & Western Divisions, the Police Federation, and members and families of the National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO) together with Cllr & Mrs David Williams, Deputy Mayor & Mayoress, Wyre […]
Fleetwood United Reformed Church, Lancashire Constabulary, Lancashire Constabulary Northern Division, Lancashire Constabulary Western Division, National Police Memorial Day, Wyre Borough CouncilThe church showed itself off in an extraordinary special way as did the members of the church family with their contributions. It wasn’t the best of days to attract visitors but they came through the doors in spaced batches throughout the day. All was possible because of the hard work of John Gibson, Wendy Slattery […]
Fleetwood United Reformed Church, Heritage Open Day 2011The word ‘Bible’ comes from a Greek phrase: ta biblia which means, ‘the books’. We have reached the point where the six companies of translators, each responsible for three sections of the Bible, giving us the King James’ Authorised Version has completed their task. But the assembled books were not as it usually appears to […]
Our Women’s Guild of Christian Service is celebrating its 112th Year! And what a hundred and twelve years they have been. The 112th year began with a special morning service remembering not only the Guild of 2011 but its predecessors. And this was followed on September 14th by the opening meeting with a quite extraordinary […]
Anniversary, Last Supper, Women's Guild of Christian ServiceA SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING & REDEDICATION The church family was so welcoming to the officers, cadets, civilian instructors and family members of 1301 (Fleetwood) Squadron, Air Training Corps who gathered at Agnew Road for the 71st Anniversary of the Battle of Britian. They attended by kind permission of the Squadron’s Commanding Officer. The service was […]
1301 (Fleetwood) Squadron Air Training Corps, ATC, Battel of Britain SundayHigh-church Protestants and Catholics in a tizzy In the journey toward the publication of the King James’ Authorised Version we have reached that point where the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church had got themselves into a bit of a tizzy. And why? Because what had become known as “the Geneva Bible” (see […]
Douai-Rheims, King James Bible AnniversaryThere was a good congregation for our annual CELEBRATION OF YOUTH SUNDAY. Lou and Dan’s youngest added much to the occasion! And that was good and we are so pleased that he made his presence felt. More than one hundred and seventy years ago during the ministry of the Revd Mr William GOTHARD – Mr […]
We continue the story of our celebrating in 2011 the four-hundred year anniversary of the work which gave us the most read book in the world, the King James’ Authorised Version of the Bible. Called to communicate Once William Tyndale had opened the door to a bible in English (see last month’s newsletter) others were […]
Coverdale, Great Bible, John Rogers, King James 400 year anniversary, Matthew Bible, Thomas Matthew, TYyndale