St Thomas The Martyr Parish Church
Up Holland, Lancashire

 

 EVENTS REVIEW: JANUARY 2007
VISITING PREACHERS IN 2007
As part of our Anniversary celebrations, we have invited clergy who have previously led worship at our church, as well as some special guests, to come and lead the services on a particular Sunday in 2007. Those listed below have kindly agreed to join us, so please come and see them again and make them feel welcome:
Jan 14th: BISHOP OF LIVERPOOL
Jan 21st: CANON MICHAEL WOLFE
Feb 17th: REV'D BARRY WHITEHEAD
Apr 15th: REV'D DICK ALLEN
June 17th: REV'D PAUL ROBINSON
July 15th: ARCHBISOP OF YORK 
Sept 16th: CANON PETER GOODRICH
Oct 21st: REV'D JOHN MACAULEY
Nov 23rd-25th: ROLY BAIN (Clown)
Dec 23rd: BISHOP OF WARRINGTON

6th: Anniversary Dinner and Disco
14th: 700th Anniversary Launch service with The Bishop of Liverpool
21st: A preview of memorabilia and Canon Michael Wolfe preaching
27th: Family Disco at St Teresa's Social Club

JANUARY 6th
This was the launch event for our celebration year. A grand time was had by all at Holland Hall, Up Holland on this first Saturday of 2007, as the pictures show...

   

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JANUARY 14th



Sunday 14th January...and the weather could not have been better for us to welcome the Right Rev'd James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool, to St Thomas's. He led our service and at the end oversaw the launch of 700 balloons into the Up Holland sky, representing one balloon for each year in the life of the priory church.

Each of the balloons had written on it the phrase 'Jesus Christ - the same yesterday, today and forever'.As the photo shows, it was a fantastically colourful event and a great way to start our year of festivities.


The Bishop of Liverpool (centre) with the Rev'd Judith Ball (left) and Ven. Peter Bradley (right) with some of our 'balloon launchers'

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JANUARY 21st
Canon Michael Wolfe was the first of our former clergy to do a sermon - and what a delight it was...it turned out to be a review of Up Holland churches' social history in 20 minutes! He had kindly provided a paper copy of his sermon, a transcript of which will appear on the website shortly. In the meantime here is the man himself taking a break from greeting the congregation between the 10am and 11.30am services....

Preview of memorabilia
Also on 21st we saw the launch of some limited edition memorabilia made by Wedgwood to commemorate the 700th Anniversary. As you can see from the photo below, there was great interest in the items, which include commemorative plates and even a model monk!

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SATURDAY 27th JANUARY - FAMILY DISCO
Around 90 people attended the family disco held at St Teresa's Social Club - not bad for the first attempt at this event! It was not intended as a fundraising evening, but still manage to raise £212.37.



Everyone had a really enjoyable evening and were intent on telling others what a good evening they'd missed out on. Ade Leahy's disco was excellent, having just the right balance of music and the food was provided in the form of a 'faith buffet', which means that everyone brought a little something to contribute to the buffet. It was also a great opportunity to celebrate Matt Garner's 18th birthday (see above).
There will be another one planned in the future, so watch this space....

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