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Your race-stories of love
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The Rev Christine Mullins gets a hug from the Bishop of Manchester on her ordination day. She had just received news from her doctors that she was suffering from inoperable cancer.
She said later, "I'm overwhelmed by letter, cards, emails, visits, good wishes: whole churches are praying for me! I am so blessed, there is not a day without tears of joy, thankfulness and amazement that people care and do something to show it."
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This site gives you details of a three year mission by taken by the Bishop of Manchester . During the mission the Bishop will visit every one of the parishes in his Diocese.
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From 'Beauty for Brokenness' by songwriter Graham Kendrick. This verse is a favourite of Margaret Walker, from Ashton Deanery who serves on our Bishop's Council.
In the run up to the Commonwealth Games, Margaret was chosen to carry the baton through the streets of the city in recognition of her service to local schools and churches.
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St Chad Tonge Fold
The Revd Steve McGregor stacks shelves at ASDA while serving St Chad Tonge Fold in Bolton as an unpaid ordained minister.
Staff so value what he brings to the working community there that they asked him to be their unofficial chaplain.
And Steve is sought out by workers at the store on matters ranging from guilt and grief to the remarriage of divorcees.
He said: "People today are more open to the gospel than we realise, but they will only 'buy' something that works. People need to see that faith is real and they are looking for it in the life of a Christian near them."
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Christie Hospital
"You see the value of friendship all the time in hospital ministry. You see friends sitting with each other, strengthening each other. I always find it an immensely powerful image to see friends just silently holding hands.
It used to be the case sometimes, in hospitals and in churches, that friends didn't really count - they came a very poor second best to families. I hope we've lost that attitude now. To many people now their friends are their family. The bonds are just as strong, the love
just as important.
One of the greatest things Jesus ever did for his disciples was to call them his friends."
Rev Kevin Dunn, Chaplaincy Co-ordinator, Christie Hospital NHS Trust.
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Nexus
Nexus, a partnership between Methodists and Anglicans in the city, serves coffee and orders cabs home for weary clubbers on Saturday nights. Opening the project, Bishop Nigel said: "I hope Nexus will become a place of friendship and welcome for people who live and work here. It's an example of how the Church can be relevant to a new generation."
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