It has been said that there are no longer any characters in the town. Not true. There is and here is a recommended read by one of them. Eddie Holt is a familiar face, if only by him ‘shaking’ a collection box at the entrance of a supermarket as he causes us to remember those […]
Eddie Holt, Fleetwood United Reformed Church, King's Own Royal Regiment, POW Story, Wolrd Warr IIFebruary 2014 BIBLE SOCIETY Last month’s newsletter carried a letter and appeal. Your response has been quite extraordinary. The information on the Bible Society initiative was ‘discovered’ on the porch church table where, if you weren’t looking, you would quite easily have passed it by. Here is a simple way of helping the fast growing […]
Bibles, China, Fleetwood United Reformed ChurchRene Stevenson has reported that information from Keith Garner has been received that so far six-million lives have been saved by the donations of 5p coins we and others have donated. We have recently sent a further £50 and received thanks to all at Fleetwood United Reformed Church for its fabulous support. The 5p coins […]
Fleetwood United Reformed Church, Mite SchemeThere 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 HoulgateLancashire 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.orgA 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 ChurchReaders will have noticed that throughout 2011 we have included in the newsletter articles on the Bible. All were part of the celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the King James’ Bible. One the second Sunday in Advent the church held a celebration service. The ordering of the service was by Tom Birch based on […]
400th Anniversary King James Bible Clebration, Authorised Version Celebration, Fleetwood United Reformed ChurchThere was an extraordinarily large congregation for this annual service on the Sunday before Christmas. Its size was due in part to the brilliant publicity Sheila Shaw had obtained with the support of the local press. It had certainly brought in some new faces. There was a tremendous porch welcome provided by the team led […]
Carols by Candlelight, Fleetwood United Reformed ChurchThis most delightful interlude in our preparations for Christmas, the preparations for which can be somewhat hectic, has become a fixture in our calendar here at Agnew Road. And we are genuinely pleased that that is so. It was intended as, and in every respect has fulfilled, an attractive getting ready for Christmas with familiar, […]
Christmas Concert, Fleetwood United Reformed Church