Diary
Monday June 7th
Ladies Guild outing
Tuesday June 8th
7.30pm: First Circuit Bible Study at Ribbleton Avenue speaker Rev Andrew Pratt details of subject on Notice Board; Each of this series of three can stand alone but all three will be linked.
Saturday June 12th
Longridge Field Day — as ever help is needed to erect and strike the Churches Together tent and to staff the tent during the event. If you can help even for half an hour, please see John Spencer.
Sunday June 13th
CHURCH 21st ANNIVERSARY
Tuesday June 15th
7.30pm: Second Circuit Bible Study continuing from June 8th
Saturday June 19th
MET (Methodist Evangelicals Together) Day at Christ Church.
Full details on Noticeboard or from Janet and Elizabeth. ALL WELCOME
also Formal reopening of Fulwood Methodist Church.
Tuesday June 22nd
7.30pm: Third (and last) Circuit Bible Study
Sunday June 27th
11.00am: Civic Service at St. Paul’s
Monday July 5th
9.30am: Craft Group Trip
Wednesday July 7th
7.30pm: Service for recognition of new local preachers at Ingol. All Welcome.
Saturday July 10th
Longridge Show
Tuesday July 13th
7.30pm: Church Council/ Meeting
Thursday July 15th
Christ Church Coffee Day at the Civic Hall. Please help if you can.
Sunday July 18th
6.30pm: Circuit Service to say farewell to Rev David Wood and Rev Gillian Houghton.
David and his wife Kathleen and their son Peter are moving to Bedale in North Yorkshire and Gillian with her husband Tom is to become the Superintendent Minister of the Darlington Circuit. At the AGM it was agreed to send a monetary contribution to the Circuit present and also to give them a small personal gift on their final visits to us at Christ Church. We are especially grateful to David for his help and support during the time between Michael leaving and Helen joining us.
Thursday August 12th
Churches Together Coffee Day at the Civic Hall. Once again help is needed. Please see Pam Cliff.
Saturday August 21st
Churches Together in Longridge trip to Lancaster and Morecambe with visits to the Priory Church; the Roman Catholic Cathedral and Wesley’s Chapel Heysham. Full details from Hazel Scott.
Wednesday September 1st
7.30pm: SERVICE AT FULWOOD METHODIST CHURCH
AN ACT OF WELCOME, CELEBRATION and DEDICATION to inaugurate our new enlarged Circuit called Preston Ribble. This will not affect Christ Church in any major way but the preachers will have to travel over a larger area to take services. However, this will be our first opportunity to meet the new Superintendent Minister, the Rev. Paul Davies and the other new circuit staff.
Thursday September 2nd
Coffee Day at the Civic Hall
Sunday September 5th
6.30pm: District Service at The Drive, St Annes on Sea to inaugurate the new Lancashire District.
