News Stories for all Circuit Churches

In celebration of the 250th birthday of Hugh Bourne at Cloud, we began with a walk via some of the farmhouses where Hugh Bourne preached before Cloud chapel was built. Along the route we visited an old Baptist burial area, predating the Primitive Methodists.

Children and adults enjoyed listening to interesting information about the farming families who opened their homes to Hugh Bourne.  Those families included the Dakin/Deakin family. We heard about one occasion when a funeral was held at Woodhouse Green Farm, so many people crowded into the farmhouse parlour that the floor collapsed and they all found themselves in the cellar!

Read more: Celebrating Hugh Bourne at Cloud

JPIT (The Joint Public Issues Team) has created a briefing note about the cost of living crisis.  It summarises the problems and actions taken to date, and describes "Ideas for action now and in the months to come". 

Changes are also being introduced by The Trussel Trust and others:

"One of the church’s partners in providing foodbanks, the Trussell Trust, has made the decision that its ultimate aim as a charity should not be to feed people, but to work with others in order to end the need for foodbanks. Mass emergency food provision should not be needed in a wealthy nation. Many other charities are reorientating in the same way, and churches have important contributions to make in this change."

See the full briefing note.

We are delighted to see our very own Rev Nic Langton-Miller being part of the recognition service for Boys' Brigade adult volunteers.  She was one of the Boys' Brigade chaplains who led the service at All Saints, Childwall, Liverpool.

Boys' Brigade leaders from across the Liverpool Region gathered at All Saints Church to recognise the service of the adult volunteer community.

The service was led by Boys' Brigade chaplains from across the Battalion and long service awards were presented by the Boys' Brigade Director of Operations, Natalie Whipday, and the North West District President, Alan McLoughlin.

Many thanks to all the adult volunteer leaders.

Read more: Rev Nic Leads at Boys Brigade Commemoration

On Mothers’ Day Judith Talbot of Trinity Church was in Windsor when her granddaughter held a cake sale for refugees.  A lady from the local refugee charity gave her a bear dressed in Ukrainian colours.

The pattern was very easy, so when she got home the Trinity Stitch and Chat group decided to make them and sell them for contributions towards the support of Ukrainian refugees.  Glenice Weston from the group then invented a smaller version of the bears for use as key rings. 

Many thanks to everyone who donated to our Congleton Teddy Bears and to the knitters who just kept on going! You all helped to raise a magnificent £500 for UNICEF’s appeal for Ukrainian orphans. We still have some cash to donate to our local Ukrainian charity.

Read more: Bears for Refugees