Click here to download Newsletter December 2013 All the news of what’s going on for the next quarter – except there’s only this month left!!!!! (This is a pdf of the newsletter – click on the link and it will open in a different window to your pc/device)
Val’s TRIO presentation, what you missed on the screen….
You can download a copy of Val’s powerpoint presentation on TRIO be clicking here.
What is the URC?
Where do we come from? The United Reformed Church is one of the smaller mainstream denominations – but although it is small it plays a dynamic and challenging part in the British Christian community. It was formed in 1972 by English Presbyterians and English and Welsh Congregationalists – that is 40 years ago. In 1981 this […]
September 2013 Newsletter
Click here to download Newsletter September 2013 All the news of what’s going on for the next quarter – except there’s only this month left!!!!! (This is a pdf of the newsletter – click on the link and it will open in a different window to your pc/device)
And the banner rises again…
A number of Bank Toppers have been part of Adrian Yapp’s Eden Singers and we had many of our early rehearsals at Lee Clough Mission. When the Mission closed at the end of 2012 we promised that their banner would have a new home… The Banner – Lee Clough Mission 1895 – 2012 Lee Clough […]
Dear Parents With Young Children in Church
(Even if it come from the States this says it all…) You are doing something really, really important. I know it’s not easy. I see you with your arms overflowing, and I know you came to church already tired. Parenting is tiring. Really tiring. I watch you bounce and sway trying to keep the baby quiet, juggling […]
Bolton News tribute to Kath Tyldesley
TRIBUTES have been paid to a charity champion who strived for better care for dementia patients. Kath Tyldesley, the chairman of Bolton’s The Dementia Support Group, died aged 84 at Bolton Hospice on Wednesday, June 12 following an illness. Mrs Tyldesley, from Sharples, became involved with the charity 14 years ago as her late husband, Norman, suffered from […]
June 2013 Newsletter
Click here to download Newsletter June 2013 All the news of what’s going on for the next quarter. (This is a pdf of the newsletter – click on the link and it will open in a different window to your pc/device)
Lenten course – Part 2, tomorrow, Tuesday 5th March at 8:00pm
Digging a little deeper After a great turnout last week we’re onto part 2. Starts at 8 with physical nourishment from 7:50 ready for a prompt 8:00 start and an even prompter 9:00 finish. Scores were high for the shortbread and those flat little biscuits with a cherry on, here’s hoping for chocolate cake this […]
A major report from the church about myths around poverty…
Executive Summary…. In 1753 John Wesley, the founder of Methodism said, “So wickedly, devilishly false is that common objection, ‘They are poor, only because they are idle’.” Yet today many churchgoers and members of the general public alike have come to believe that the key factors driving poverty in the UK are the personal failings […]