On Sunday, hundreds gathered at Bolton Parish Church for a joyous service of singing, dancing, and prayer to celebrate five years of the Children Changing Places Project.
Revd Derek Allen has been serving in Rossendale for around thirty years.
We are so pleased to see these digital giving devices supporting our parishes in accepting contactless donations.
Sandra Morris, Man Dio Growing Faith Deanery Worker explains more about this special event.
On Saturday 11th November St Michael’s Bamford hosted the first Lay Development ‘Give it a Go’ day aimed at building confidence and encouraging the work of lay people involved in a variety of roles in church life.
As we’re looking ahead to Advent and services get busier, now is a great time to consider how you can optimise digital giving in your church.
On 5th November, we celebrated the ordination of four new priests and one deacon in our link diocese of Lahore in Pakistan. Among them was Revd Dave Mackie, who has been working with the church in Pakistan for the last eight years.
Churches across the diocese hosted remembrance Sunday services, commemorating the contribution of British and Commonwealth military servicemen and women in the two World Wars.
In Oldham & Ashton Deanery, the Shaw, Crompton and Thornham Mission Community has started a new youth service where young people from its churches can come together and worship in a way that is accessible to them.
The permanent location for Fabric Church will be Ardwick Barracks, a large iconic building just one mile south-east of the city centre. Priority work is now underway to prepare an area of the premises for worship by January 2024.
