Ormskirk Walk of Witness Good Friday Videos 2013

Ormskirk Walk of Witness Good Friday Videos 2013

Good Friday on 29th March 2013 and Christians from the different denominations in Ormskirk come together to carry out the Walk of Witness.

What is a "Walk of Witness"?

Well according to walkofwitness.co.uk "Wouldn't it be wonderful if every Good Friday, in every Town and City in our land, there was a walk of witness to the Cross and the Saving Power of Christ?  The centrality of the Cross and the celebration of the Good Friday message accross the denominations, provide the opportunity for a united witness to the people of our nation.  The times demand and our nation requires a strong and ongoing witness to the Christian belief.  Many towns and villages already hold walks or marches of witness.

Ormskirk Good Friday 2013 Walk of Witness Service

Clergy and congregation members of all the Churches in Ormskirk were represented at the service held by the clock tower in the centre of town.  Prayers and hymns in the centre of town are not a daily fixture and the sight and sounds of the service caught the interest of many towns folk passing by, doing their shopping, enjoying a day off in the Spring sunshine.

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St.Anne's Youths Lourdes Pilgrimage from Ormskirk 2012

Ormskirk Youths Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2012

Article by Eleanor Cantwell

The text of a recent talk given to parishioners at St. Anne's Church

“My name is Eleanor and I’m one of over 450 young people from the Liverpool Diocese who will be travelling to Lourdes this summer.

Just to tell you a little bit about the (voluntary) work we do when we’re in Lourdes, it involves lots of late nights, early mornings and hard work, which is all made worthwhile by the people you meet there and the atmosphere that constantly surrounds you.

A typical day will involve meeting the pilgrims at St. Frai hospital and pushing them in their wheelchairs to a mass in the domain, or to the baths or maybe even take them shopping or to a café in their free time.  The "Accueil Marie Saint-Frai" was the first hospital founded in Lourdes in 1874 and can receive up to 400 sick pilgrims.

Ormskirk Servolution, Christianity in the Community Video Interview with Adrian Owens April 21st 2012

Ormskirk Servolution, Christianity in the Community Video Interview with Adrian Owens April 21st 2012

As a follow up to the photos and article on the Christian volunteers painting at Greetby Hill School, the above video was recorded with Adrian Owens on Saturday 21st April.

Christianity in the Ormskirk community

As you hear Adrian say in the video, they feel like they're painting the "Forth Bridge of Ormskirk"; so if you can help on Satruday 28th April 2012 at Greetby Hill School between 10am and 4pm, you will be very welcome.

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Ormskirk Servolution painting at Greetby Hill School April 21 2012

Ormskirk Servolution volunteers painting at Greetby Hill School April 21 2012

Local ward Councillor and Christian Adrian Owens and volunteers from the Ormskirk Christian group Servolution came together on Saturday 21st April to repaint the railings at Greetby Hill CE School.

Christians painting Greetby Hill School

Ormskirk Churches Together Walk of Witness Good Friday 2012

Ormskirk Walk of Witness Good Friday 2012

In a distant echo of the walk Christ took with his cross on the way to crucifixion,  local Christians from Ormskirk and Aughton in West Lancashire, walked together as part of a Walk of Witness on Good Friday.

Ormskirk Street Pastors Interview. How faith and religion play a part in...

Ormskirk Street Pastors Interview.

Part 3 in the series How faith and religion play a part in the community

The Ormskirk Street Pastors are a group of local Christians from many different local churches.

The Street Pastors are there to help the young local partygoers and students of the community, who, out and about the bars and nightclubs of the town centre on a Friday night, might at some time some need non-judgmental help.

During the interview the Street Pastors explain their motivation to go out on the streets of Ormskirk, late at night, often in the cold and wet, to be of service to the youths in their community.

Holocaust Memorial Day 2012 Chorley Video Interview with Father Francis Marsden

Holocaust Memorial Day 2012 Interview with Father Francis Marsden PhD.

This interview is Part 4 in the series "How Faith and religion play a part in the community"

Holocaust Memorial Day 2012 service in Chorley

The video interview was recorded at The Cenotaph in Astley Park, Chorley on Saturday 28th January 2012 after the Holocaust Memorial Day service.

Photos of Chorley Holocaust Memorial Day 2012

Chorley commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day 2012

Description from www.chorley.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3767

People of different faiths and cultures in Chorley will take part in an event in memory of all those who died in the Holocaust and acts of genocide.

A special day of events has been planned on Saturday 28 January, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day where local people can commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and help build tolerance and understanding of different faiths and cultures across the borough.

Holocaust Memorial Day 2012 service at The Cenotaph Astley

The day will start with a ceremony at the Cenotaph in Astley Park at 10.45am, followed by tea and coffee for invited guests at Chorley Town Hall.

Leader of the Council, Councillor Peter Goldsworthy, said: "It's important that we continue to remember and reflect upon the horrors of the Holocaust and all types of genocide across the world.

"As well as remembering those who have suffered, this event will bring together people of different faiths and cultures in Chorley to encourage even greater tolerance, respect and understanding."

"Soup Stop" New Church House Ormskirk - No preaching, just soup and a smile! Tuesday lunchtimes

Soup Stop Parish Church Ormskirk

At this time of year, the weather is cold and often wet.  It's Tuesday morning, you need to go out for a bit of shopping, but after a short while walking around the town, you know you're going to feel the cold.

Money is a bit tight this week or you could stop in at a cafe to warm up. Solution?

Go and get your shopping and on the walk home, stop, come in out of the cold and warm up with Soup Stop at the New Church House, Ormskirk Parish Church.

Soup Stop Parish Church Ormskirk

The friendly people at the Parish Church are inviting everyone to come along and enjoy its Soup Stop.

Enjoy good company and conversation over a bowl of hot and hearty soup (and bread), every Tuesday between midday and 2pm.

Soup Stop Parish Church Ormskirk

Also, it won't cost you a penny, it's comletely free.  (But if you want to donate some loose change, they won't say no)

Soup Stop New Church House Ormskirk

New Church House is next to the Parish Church.

By the way if you don't like soup, or you're out shopping on a Wednesday - The Coffee Stop is also on at New Church House, Wednesday afternoons.

New Church House Ormskirk "Soup Stop" No preaching, just soup and a smile!

Tuesday lunchtimes -  (The Soup Stop doesn’t take place on the last Tuesday of each month.)