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Pam would like to thank everyone who helped her celebrate her eightieth birthday recently with cards, gifts and especially joining her at her ‘at home’.   Many thanks to Jane,  Mandie  and  all the family for organising the day and making us all so welcome.

Olive has not been at all well in these last few months and so it is not surprising that after many years of indefatigable service to Christ Church and its predecessors (Longridge Congregational Church and Longridge United Reformed Church),  she needs to step down from most of her responsibilities.   Indeed we are extremely grateful that she has managed to continue for so long as she has certainly earned the right to an honourable retirement. (more…)

We would like to thank all our friends at Christ Church for the wonderful send off that was arranged for us. To Helen for a most memorable service “Going on a journey.” We will never forget it.    To Pam and the catering committee for all the delicious food prepared thank you and to everybody who stayed to help eat it and offer their good wishes to us.  We had much pleasure spending the most generous cheque presented to us. We chose a blue duvet cover, pillowcases and curtains from Laura Ashley. Our bedroom looks beautiful.  Thank you to everybody for everything. (more…)

  The theme of our decorations this year is to be The Star. If you want to make one or more stars to contribute, please bring them to church on Thursday December 16th between 10.00am and 4.30pm. (Stars can be any size and made of any material. Large cardboard star Read more…

In 1608 King James I ordered a team of 50 scholars to translate the Bible into English. Until this time the authorities had usually frowned on making the Bible available in anything but Latin or Greek and most translators were persecuted or even martyred. In 1611 King James had copies Read more…

Summer Outing with Churches Together In Longridge (CTL) That was the view of the 30 people including 9 from Christ Church, who went on the summer outing to Lancaster, Heysham and Morecambe. First stop was a guided tour of Lancaster’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, originally St. Peter’s R.C. church. It was Read more…

Spurgeon’s Charity recently sent me an update on Kibera School which is near to Nairobi. The children are well looked after and learn in classes of 40. The classroom language is English and the children work towards key subjects of English, Maths, Kiswahili, Science and Social Studies. From our church Read more…

It’s hard to know what to do when we hear of disasters like the earthquake in HAITI. But one thing is certain – we can’t do nothing! Of the thirteen charities that make up the DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee), World Vision, a Christian charity, has said ‘one thing we can Read more…

This year the Theme for the Christmas Decorations is Circles. Church Organisations and others are already busy decorating Hoola Hoops to hang around the walls and windows but if you are part of an organisation which would like to contribute, please see Jane Turner or John Spencer as soon as Read more…

There are many constants in this life, and one of them is that as soon as the schools have gone back, and September is in full swing – the Supermarkets begin to roll out their Christmas Stock! This means, of course, that the panic to get Christmas organised starts earlier Read more…