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Apples and the apple tree

Apples and the apple tree

THIS is the second Thought for the Week by Colin Goodyear from St Stephen’s, Hightown, who is an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Liverpool, having retired a few years ago from his post of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics. His professional interests ranged from Atomic and Molecular Physics to Telecommunications and Speech Coding.Read

Looking back

IN 1899 work started building the transepts, vestries and organ chamber, where the present sanctuary is, indicated by four corner foundation stones.Read

Our Holy Father is at work

THIS is the first Thought for the Week offered for the four Thursdays in December by Colin Goodyear from St Stephen’s, Hightown.Read

Discoveries as the building’srenovation got underway

DURING renovation removal of plaster revealed the way the builders constructed the original walls in 1874.Read

Work in progress

FORMBY Methodist Church member Carol Shanks explains the building work going on at the momentRead

Signs of the times

Christians especially must heed the signs of the timesRead

Thought for the week

Desmond Billing offers his fourth Thought for the Week. He is a member and parishioner of Our Lady of Victories RC Church, Hightown, where he has lived since 1956. As a Minister of the Word he reads the Lesson at Mass in accordance with current liturgical practice. Desmond, born in Liverpool, moved to Tyneside as a young boy of seven, subsequently moving to Glasgow University before returning to Liverpool in 1955 to join J Bibby & Sons. He joined the Central Oil Company in 1967 eventually becoming its managing director.Read

Craft fair was a success

How important is prayer?Read

More than £3,100 was raised at a charity auction at the Elbow Lane Methodist Church hall to help towards the cost of the refurbishment of the church building which is under way at present. Auctioneers Terry Broughton and Brian Bentley with co-ordinator Sheila Bentley are pictured with helpers Code GAV131007D-1

Church auction

More than £3,100 was raised at a charity auction at the Elbow Lane Methodist Church hall to help towards the cost of the refurbishment of the church building which is under way at present. Auctioneers Terry Broughton and Brian Bentley with co-ordinator Sheila Bentley are pictured with helpers Code GAV131007D-1Read

Lest we forget

DESMOND Billing, pictured, is offering Thought for the Week during November. This is his second.Read

Churches Together in Formby Pilgrimage to Iona

THIRTY pilgrims from member churches of Churches Together in Formby, Altcar and Hightown spent six days as part of the community in the Benedictine Abbey on the Isle of Iona, on the West coast of Scotland.Read

DESMOND Billing is offering Thought for the Week during November.

Desmond is a member and parishioner of Our Lady of Victories RC Church in Hightown where he has lived since 1956. He is married to Moyra, a Scots girl. As one of the Ministers of the Word he participates in reading the Lesson at Mass in accordance with current liturgical practiceRead

Why did they leave anyway?

Why did they leave anyway?

LAST week I reported that about 20,000 people had accepted the 200,000 invitations issued across the country to the recent Anglican Back to Church Sunday initiative at (end of September). The Rev Leslie Francis, Professor of Religions and Education at Warwick University, has been researching this key issue and, writing in the Church Times, felt that this initiative posed both an opportunity and a challenge.Read

Jason Robinson aims to ensure epic journey of faith reaches final destination

JASON Robinson’s Christian faith is part of who he is, but even that must have been sorely tested when he pulled up lame on the darkest night of England’s campaign to win the 2007 World Rugby Union Cup – the 36-0 defeat by South Africa.Read

Harvest festival invitation

Harvest festival invitation

AN ancient plough and the fruits of the harvest will be on display at St Michael and All Angels’ Parish Church in Great Altcar, where the Harvest Festival takes place on Sunday, October 14.Read

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Layman’s ‘informative and challenging’ book

THE future of the Catholic Church in Britain is the title of a recent paperback published by Laicos Press in 2006 and now available in Pritchards, Formby bookshop.Read

Never forget your true friends

Peter Connor from St Jerome’s RC Church offers his fourth and final Thought for the Week. Peter is a Eucharistic Minister and Reader at St Jerome’s and involved in parish activities.Read

Thought for the Week

Peter Connor (pictured below) from St Jerome’s RC Church offers his third Thought for the Week. Peter is a Eucharistic Minister and Reader at St Jerome’s and involved in parish activities.Read

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