Details of our Visiting Preachers in August and for Harvest have been announced.                          

Rufford Patronal

THe Visiting Preacher at the Patronal Festival Eucharist at 9.15am on Sunday August 14th is Revd Mike Roberts, the NW Railway Chaplain, whose area includes Rufford Railway Station.

While he spends half of his time building relationships, the rest of the time he spends dealing with the consequences reacting to events. In a Liverpool Echo article last week Mike talks about ‘the traumatic aftermath of suicides that take place at railways stations or on the tracks, since he started the work.‘

Mike covers a vast area in the North West from Stafford to Preston; Widnes to Huddersfield. This includes 11 companies; 11 depots; 115 stations and 50 signal boxes. He is also a chaplain to the British Transport Police. He works under the auspices of the railway mission

Old Church Sunday

Old Church Sunday Evensong Preacher at 6pm on August 28th at St Mary’s, Wingate will be one of the Religious in the Diocese, Sr Sue OCMM.
 
She was  one of first two sisters of the Order who took their vows in Blackburn Cathedral on 3 August 2010. The sisters lived originally at Mellor, where they were involved in the running of the parish church of Mellor.The community left Mellor in the summer of 2016 and relocated to St Joseph’s House of Prayer, in Tunstall.

Harvest

Our Harvest Thanksgiving Preacher on Sunday October 10th will be the Revd Samuel Patterson from Magor in Wales.
 
Having studied Robotics at Reading University He was a founder member of the HolyWell Community of which our Rector was Prior. During his time in the Community he nurtured and horned his young peoples work.