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Events in Formby’s churches this week

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Visits to Rwanda are proving so heart-warming

MARGARET Cooke, editor of St Luke’s parish magazine, was a member of the nine-strong group from St Luke’s, Formby which has just returned from visiting Rwanda...Read

Lack of national effort to bring church unity

NATIONAL and international discussions about church unity have been largely replaced by local action, church leaders say, acknowledging a loss of impetus in national efforts to bring about unity.Read

John Nelson’s Church Chat column can now enjoy his blog on the Formby Times website

FOLLOWERS of John Nelson’s Church Chat column can now enjoy his blog on the Formby Times website.Read

Good luck John, and thanks!

A THANK you to John Russell at Formby’s Pritchard’s Bookshop.Read

Shrinking numbers a concern

A SURVEY of 15,500 people aged over 50 conducted by Saga for ‘The Daily Telegraph’ found that the majority now worship and pray less frequently that they used to.Read

Eight days of unity services

A SERIES of morning services celebrating Christian Unity will take places in churches across Formby next week.Read

Obama will struggle

JAMES Catford, Chief Executive of the Bible Society, offered his predictions for the year ahead in the current issue of the Church of England Newspaper.Read

Church Chat with John Nelson

IT is not very comforting to enter a new year in the knowledge that the Government deficit for 2009/10 will be £1,198bn and Government debt is matched by private debt.Read

Formby Churches Together delivered outstanding Nativity

ONCE again, Churches Together delivered an outstanding and memorable Nativity Pageant on Saturday.Read

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Fri: 10am to noon: Little Sparklers for mums and tots. 6 to 7.15pm: New Adventure Squad for primary school children; this term Adventures in Narnia. Sun: 10.30am to 12.15 am Sunday worship, with creche. 11.15-12.15pm: Sunday Club for four to 10-year-olds.Read

What would you ask?

BOB Wagstaff, from St Luke’s Church, offers Thought for the Week. At St Luke’s, Bob is in charge of its ALPHA courses. He is also a member of the Woodland Works, a volunteer Sefton Ranger. He is a former teacher and Scout Commissioner:Read

Quiz night in aid of needy children

MEMBERS of Formby Christian Fellowship took part in a quiz night in aid of Children in Need.Read

Lay reader attached to St Stephen’s in Hightown, offers his final Thought for the Week

COLIN Goodyear, a licensed lay reader attached to St Stephen’s in Hightown, offers his final Thought for the Week.Read

God’s help needed to be perfect

OUR Thought For The Week is offered by Colin Goodyear from St Stephen’s, Hightown.Read

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