St Thomas The Martyr Parish Church
Up Holland, Lancashire

 

 EVENTS REVIEW: JULY 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

Keep watching for a review of July's events when they have taken place...

9th-13th: Benedictine Week
12th: BBC Radio Lancashire interview
14th: Medieval Fayre
15th: Archbishop of York conducts service
15th: BBC Radio Lancashire interview

JULY

9th-13th: BENEDICTINE WEEK
Schools from the Up Holland and Skelmersdale area brought groups of children to the church in order to find out about life in the village and to look especially look at the part played by the Benedictine monks in the local community 700 years ago.

For the last few years there has been a large group of helpers from the congregation and this has contributed enormously to the success of the week. This year was no exception.

A BBC Radio Lancashire interview with the Venerable Peter Bradley about this and other anniversary events will appear on this site very soon - watch this space.

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Thursday 12th: BBC RADIO LANCASHIRE INTERVIEW
Our very own Peter Bradley was interviewed for BBC Radio about the history of the church and our 700th anniversary celebrations. Left click on the icon below to hear the interview, or right click on the link to download it (once you have right clicked, choose 'Save Target as...' and choose the file you wish to save it to)

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Saturday 14th: MEDIEVAL FAYRE
This wonderful event has been a fixture in the church's social calendar for many years now, but this year's was really special as it is our 700th Anniversary. Click here to see some of the photos from this special day.

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Sunday 15th: Archbishop of York leads Thanksgiving service
Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, preached and led our worship on this special thanksgiving service for the last 700 years. This was one of the highlights of our Anniversary celebrations and we were absolutely delighted to welcome him. Our church was at full capacity, which was great to see. A page dedicated to this great event will soon appear on this site, but in the meantime here are some photos from the event...


"None shall pass....unless your name is Dr John Sentamu and you are the Archbishop of York!"
Doreen Marsh, our Verger, guarding the reserved parking space for his Grace.

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Sunday 15th: BBC RADIO LANCASHIRE INTERVIEW
Peter was also interviewed about the Archbishop's visit, and this was broadcast on Sunday 15th July at 8.40am on the weekly religious programme. Left click on the icon below to hear the interview, or right click on the link to download it (once you have right clicked, choose 'Save Target as....' and choose the file you wish to save it to)

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