Churches Together
“Prestwich & Kersal has a wealth of amazing churches.
We’re proud to actively serve these communities side-by-side with our brothers and sisters from other denominations.”
Ross, Senior Pastor
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A FREE Annual Event held from 12pm – 5pm in St Mary’s Flower Park & outside The Church Inn, Church Lane.
Clough day is a huge community event that (subject to funding) takes place every year and as part of the Churches Together family we host a tent of free crafts for children and families - we’d love to see you there and who knows you might walk away as a King or Queen of Prestwich!
For more information
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The Prestwich and Kersal Good Friday Walk of Witness is an annual ecumenical event where local churches come together to walk through the community, often starting from St Mary's Flower Garden (Bury New Road) or other local churches, leading up to a service at Tesco on Valley Road.
It serves as a public act of Christian unity and reflection, traditionally concluding with refreshments and gathering in local areas.
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Every year 80,000 people from all across the UK (and the world) descend on Heaton Park in Manchester for Parklife music festival. Heaton Park Methodist Church is just a few hundred metres up the road from one of the main entrances to the park, and every years sees many thousand people walk past on their way to and from the festival.
In 2020, the Methodist Church were in conversation with the festival organisers to use the church as a sanctuary space for anyone who needs it during the festival.
After a few months of conversations between the church and the organisers we were given the go ahead to be an official part of the festival’s welfare team and the only offsite 24 hour provision.
Thanks to the willing volunteers of the church, the circuit, the district, and a number of other local churches we managed to put together a team that meant we could be open from 9am on the Saturday Morning, right the way through to Monday Morning. We also had a great prayer team that organised a rota to be praying for ourselves, the people we met and the festival itself.
For more information:
https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/parklife-sanctuary-project/
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