Worship, Community & Heritage
Thanks to the Heatons Heritage Society and National Grid, we now have a blue plaque telling passers by a little of our history. Visible from the A6 Wellington Road North, it is located on the left hand side of the … Read More
Thy Kingdom Come is a global prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray for more people to come to know Jesus. What started in 2016 as an invitation from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the … Read More
Then known as Wycliffe Chapel, the opening ceremony took place on Wednesday 17th April 1850. 170 years on, we find ourselves in challenging times, but thankfully still able to mark the occasion – albeit virtually! Thanks to National Lottery players … Read More
The booklet is available to buy from Stockport Heritage Trust’s website: https://stockportheritagetrust.co.uk/shop/a-castle-in-the-air-the-history-of-wycliffe-congregational-church/ and will be in the Heritage Centre later this week. It will also be available on our forthcoming new website in a few weeks time. It traces the … Read More
Despite recent bad weather we were very lucky on Saturday 9th November. The rain held off enabling us to clear the corner patch again and pick up bags of litter. Thanks to all who helped, particularly the Love Heaton Norris … Read More
The scaffolding is down and the window has been revealed in all her colourful glory! Lightfoots have done a fabulous job for our National Lottery Heritage funded project of restoration. Polycarbonate has been installed over the front to prevent criminal … Read More
Yes, another garden tidy event! With the place being a building site we’ve had no chance to maintain the good works from previous events, so will have a go making the grounds look presentable for our opening events (details still … Read More
Both tours were fully booked and everyone was fascinated to see inside and ask questions. The tour began with an illustrated talk about the history of the church, including new information from research conducted as part of the National Lottery … Read More
Both tours are now booked up, but don’t worry if you’ve missed out – we will be re-opening around the mid-end of November with an afternoon service, welcome event and 1850 inspired ‘Bazaar’. We’ll keep you posted when we have … Read More
Work is progressing well and as planned. The partition for the new room is now in place, and has been plastered, giving a better sense of what the completed project will look like. The new wall has a large aperture … Read More
