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We have our roots in the Christian faith, but we salute the faithful of all the great World Religions. We welcome new discoveries and thought; we reverence all the good the past has known, but we refuse to live on our capital, for we hold the best is yet to be. Our faith, therefore, is always a continuing adventure.
The History of Park Lane Chapel 1697 - 1897 (Book Announcement)
Worship
Worship service every Sunday at 11am, except the 1st Sunday of the month when it is at 6pm.
Special services and other activities as announced.
Weddings/child dedications by arrangement with the Minister.
Spiritual Growth and Outreach
Religious Education courses are offered as required.
We support the British Red Cross, Wigan Resource Centre, which is housed on our premises.
We open our buildings to the local community. We have also helped to arrange holidays in the
Derbyshire countryside for local children.
The congregation sponsors a child in Malawi.
Activities for children
Our children's group meet each Sunday at 11am for activities, ritual, R.E.,
work towards the 'Chalice Award Scheme', and fun. We also encourage attendance
at age-specific activity weekends at Great Hucklow.
Our history
The Chapel was built in 1697 by a congregation of Worshippers dissenting from the Church of England. As it says in the Chapel History written by the then Minister, George Fox: "While some of the congregation contributed according to their means, others brought their horses and carts to help; and again some laboured with their hands." (Fox 1897). The first Minister, the Rev. James Wood, was ejected, following the Act of Uniformity in 1662, from St Thomas's Church, Ashton.
Ministry
The Rev. Chris Goacher has been the Minister of Park Lane Chapel since 1997. Hs is also Secretary of the Unitarian Peace Fellowship. He says, "I believe my role is 'simple'; to discover the sacred in everyday life and lead my people toward it."
Contact us
Park Lane Chapel, Wigan Road, Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Nr Wigan, Lancs.
Minister: 0151 7269162 Mobile: 07876 184656.
e-mail.
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