Date for your diary.....Team Service at St Andrew's at 11am on the 16th October, when we bid farewell to our much-loved Rev Sue Wood as she retires from ministry. All welcome
Although as a country we have the sadness of the passing of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we as Ramsbottom & Edenfield Team Ministry have joy in the appointment of Rev Ian Fleming.On Sunday evening 18th September at 6.30pm Ian will officially join us, when there will be an official service at St Andrew’s to celebrate the development of the Mission Community, linking the RETM with the parish of Holcombe & Hawkshaw and the role that Ian will play in the Mission Community as <a></a>he moves across from Holcombe & Hawkshaw to the Ramsbottom and Edenfield area.The Rev Paul Sumsion and members from St Mary’s Hawkshaw and Emmanuel Holcombe will be joining us for this service.
Our churches will be open tomorrow for quiet prayer and reflection. There will books of Condolences for people to sign.St Andrew's will be open from 3-4pm and <a></a>from 7-9pmSt Paul's will be open from 10am until 5pmSt Philip's will be open from 5-7pmEdenfield Parish Church will open from 5-7pm
Gracious God, we give thanksfor the life of your servant Queen Elizabeth,for her faith and her dedication to duty.Bless our nation as we mourn her deathand may her example continue to inspire us;through Jesus Christ our Lord.Amen.
