new church life: september/october 2014
• The Annual Student Scholarship Golf Outing at Philmont Country Club
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happy 90th, colchester
The Colchester New Church in England marked the 90th anniversary of the
dedication of its church building on August 17. The August Newsletter of The
New Church in Great Britain quoted from a 1924 article in New Church Life:
“At last the great day arrived – August 17, 1924 – which had been fixed
for the dedication of the little building erected by the Colchester Society. All
during the past few months anxious eyes had watched the progress made by
the builders and for a time it seemed that we should not be ready. But wonders
were accomplished in the last few days and on the Saturday evening preceding
the day set the whole society, with a number of visiting friends, seemed to find
a special delight in helping to prepare the building for the service the next
morning. Never has the society witnessed a scene of greater enthusiasm.
“On Sunday morning the Bishop delivered a sermon on The Veils of
the Temple to a congregation of about 180. Afterwards dinner and tea were
provided in a large marquee at the rear of the building.
“Nor must we omit the fact that the new building was erected by one of the
oldest members of the Colchester Society, Mr. A. H. Appleton – the realization
of a life-long ambition.”
Also from Colchester comes news that the current pastor, the Rev. Howard
A. Thompson, successfully completed his 50-for-50 sponsored bicycle ride –
covering 86 miles in four hours and 56 minutes. He donated his prize money
of more than 750 pounds to the Church for outreach projects.
In the course of his ride, he passed through Finchingfield in Essex, which
was to be part of the Tour de France route. Howard returned on July 7 to see
the real thing – and was even glimpsed in the crowd on local television news.
celebration in london
Meanwhile in the Michael Church in London, its pastor, the Rev. Alan Cowley,
was ordained into the second degree of the ministry by the Rt. Rev. Peter M.
Buss Jr.
Welcomed at the service were representatives from the groups in Surrey,
Sussex and Oxford, as well as the Colchester Society.
Alan and his wife, Susan, were presented with a grape vine and a monetary
gift. Peter’s wife Teresa also presented Susan with a beautiful carved angel in
recognition of the invaluable support a minister’s wife gives to her husband.
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