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• WELCOME TO NEW DEACONS in the Turton Moorland Team – REV ANGIE FOSTER & REV JAN BENNETT

  Congratulations to Angie Foster (Walmsley Parish) and Jan Bennett (St. Maxentius) on being ordained Deacons in the Turton Moorland Team at a fabulous service at Manchester Cathedral on the morning […]

  30th June 2025 Christ Church, Church of England, Diocese, Parish News, St Andrew's, Turton Moorland Team

• CELEBRATING THE MINISTRY OF READER EMERITUS, JOHN EVANS

  On Sunday 22 June at St. Andrew’s Church, BX and on Wednesday 25 June at Christ Church Walmsley, we celebrated the wonderful ministry of our Reader Emeritus, John Evans, and […]

  27th June 2025 Authorised Lay Ministry, Christ Church, Parish News, St Andrew's

• Team Rector, Reverend Ian Hepburn’s Newsletter for June 2025

  Dear Friends, Recently, I heard someone talking ever so enthusiastically about the new garden pond he had made and that it was now teeming with life, full of newts and […]

  26th May 2025 Christ Church, St Andrew's, Team Rector's Newsletter, Turton Moorland Team

• NEWS FROM ORDINAND, ANGIE FOSTER, for June 2025

  Dear All, PETERTIDE – or St. Peter’s Tide – this year falls on Sunday 29th June and is one of the two traditional times for ordinations, (the other being Michaelmas […]

  26th May 2025 Christ Church, Church of England, Diocese, Ordinand reflection and prayer, Parish News, Prayer, St Andrew's, Turton Moorland Team

• A message to us from our TEAM RECTOR, Rev IAN HEPBURN

  Dear Friends, It’s been a great joy to share the Easter journey with you this last month. I’m thankful for the opportunity to be at a number of services across […]

  28th April 2025 Christ Church, EASTER, St Andrew's, Team Rector's Newsletter, Turton Moorland Team

• ‘RETIREMENT’ PRESENTATION TO KEN HOLT

  Funeral Verger, KEN HOLT, aka ‘Minister of Fabulousness’, steps down … Following a long and active service in post at Christ Church Walmsley, Ken Holt has reluctantly handed over the […]

  28th April 2025 Christ Church, Community, ECO, Parish News, Turton Moorland Team

• EASTER SUNDAY in WALMSLEY PARISH

  EASTER SUNDAY at CHRIST CHURCH WALMSLEY Thank you to Rev’d Lee Higson for leading a wonderful, joyful Family Communion on Easter Sunday morning  It was lovely to welcome so many […]

  28th April 2025 Christ Church, Community, EASTER, Parish News, St Andrew's, Uncategorised, Worship

• ELECTORAL ROLL 2025 – NEW FORMS NEED TO BE COMPLETED

  This year, we’re compiling a completely new Electoral Roll and parishioners wishing to be included must complete a form (provided at the back of church) no later than Sunday 6 […]

  30th March 2025 Christ Church, Church of England, Community, Diocese, Parish News, St Andrew's

• A letter to us from Reverend Ian Hepburn, Turton Moorland Team Rector

  Greetings! It’s wonderful to be here. The boxes are unpacked, mostly. The dog has settled down after the move, a little bit. And we’re starting to begin to remember to […]

  25th February 2025 Christ Church, Community, St Andrew's, Team Rector's Newsletter, Turton Moorland Team

• A WONDERFUL WELCOME for our TEAM RECTOR on his FIRST SUNDAY here in Walmsley Parish

   How wonderful it was last Sunday morning (23 February) to welcome our new Turton Moorland Team Rector, Rev Ian Hepburn, who led our worship in Walmsley Parish for his first […]

  25th February 2025 Christ Church, Church of England, Community, Diocese, Parish News, St Andrew's, Turton Moorland Team, Worship