APRIL – MAY 2021 Dear Friends We seem to be in the middle of a period of anniversaries – some usual, others not so usual. At the Mission Partnership Zoom Coffee Morning last Friday, Revd Daleen led a short service of remembrance for the first anniversary of lockdown. We were invited to light a candle […]
February – March 2021 newsletter
FEBRUARY / MARCH 2021 Dear Friends It was unfortunate that our planned Christmas Service in church on the afternoon of Sunday 20th December coincided with the news of increased Covid-19 infection rates in our area. Only our five elders managed to attend the short service taken by Margery but the absence of other members was […]
December 2020 – January 2021 Newsletter
DECEMBER 2020 / JANUARY 2021 Dear Friends December is upon us. The season of Advent is here – a time when we prepare ourselves for the coming of the Christ child at Christmas, though our Christmas activity this year may well be somewhat different than usual. At the end of a year savaged by the effects […]
October – November 2020 Newsletter
Dear Friends I sincerely trust that we are all managing to cope with the long absence from meeting together to worship in Church. We had hoped that, in this edition, we would be able to announce a starting date for resuming worship in line with the wishes of the majority of our members who had […]
August – September 2020 Newsletter
Dear Friends Since our last Newsletter in July 2020, we have had relaxations in the restrictions to combat the Covid-19 virus; but we are at present looking over our shoulders at parts of Lancashire not too far from Preston, where spikes of the virus have returned and some restrictions have been re-introduced. The Elders met […]
May – June Newsletter
Dear Friends In our last edition I began by reviewing all the activities planned in a busy run up to Easter. Regrettably only the World Day of Prayer Service and the recording of Reform Magazine took place. The rest were postponed by the restrictions imposed because of the Coronavirus pandemic. No public worship, no meetings. […]
July Newsletter
Dear Friends I trust that we have been keeping well and safe in this new world to which we are becoming accustomed and have coped with changes imposed without too much stress. I hope that we are longing to return to church as soon as it is safe to do so. I have watched church […]
May – June Newsletter
Dear Friends In our last edition I began by reviewing all the activities planned in a busy run up to Easter. Regrettably only the World Day of Prayer Service and the recording of Reform Magazine took place. The rest were postponed by the restrictions imposed because of the Coronavirus pandemic. No public worship, no meetings. […]
November – December 2019 newsletter
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2019 Dear Friends Our visit to the NW Synod Meeting in October was something of a bittersweet experience. Synod was held at Carver Uniting Church, Windermere. This was our first visit since attending the Service of Thanksgiving fat the closure the URC Windermere Training Centre, the home of many inspirational training courses […]
May – June 2019 Newsletter
Dear Friends I had hoped to be able to report on the first meeting of the Lancashire South Steering Group meeting. I was approached by Synod Office to confirm that Fulwood URC was available for a meeting on 29th March. On the day unfortunately, only two people turned arrived, apart from Margery and myself, due […]