Bury Unitarian Church
Churches in Bury, Greater Manchester
Our Church has its origins in the late 17th century, its 1st chapel being built in 1719. The current building of 1974 is the congregation's 4th in the town. We're the oldest nonconformist congregation in Bury. Here is the most recent picture of those of us who were at the morning service on 25th July 2010. There are about 80 of us in total but most Sundays there are 40 to 50 of us at the service. The Reverend Jeffrey Lane Gould is a native of Massachusetts in the US of America. He holds a degree in Religious Studies and a degree in Theology, and a certificate of Ministerial Training
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Bury Unitarian Church
read moreSundays January 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st, 11.15am: worship in church (please book in advance). Services will also be held on "Zoom" at 2.00 pm on each Sunday afternoon until further notice. Anne Mills, Still our GA Vice President! 2019 was the 300th annniversary of a Unitarian church on this site! What, then, could be more fitting than for our current Chair of the Congregation and Secretary to the Church Council than to become the Vice-President of the GA, in the same year? Anne was installed in this post during the General Assembly Annual Meetings in April 2019.
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read more1719 to 2019 - 300 years of non-conformist worship! During this time we have moved from Calvinist Trinitarianism to Liberal Christianity and worship in a settled place. However, before that, there were fifty years of worship under the most difficult circumstances, and it was really in 1662 that our cause began. In 1662, the Rev. Henry Pendlebury of Holcombe, together with nearly two thousand other Church of England clergy, was ejected from his parish under the Act of Uniformity because he could not, in all conscience, accept the Book of Common Prayer.
Bury Unitarian Church
read moreBecause of the above pandemic it hasbeen decided that the church will remain closed for the time being. If you have a candle, you are invited to bring it with you to light at the beginning of the service. At the same time, or at other times during the day or the week, others will be reading through it at home, or over the phone with friends. Please know that as you read through this service, others may be doing so too, and that this will help to hold us together in community. You are invited to say, or sing, the Lord's Prayer, knowing that other members of our congregation are saying it along with you, in their own homes.
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