St Andrew’s current
church building was opened in October 1954. To celebrate our 60th
anniversary, we decided to invite former ministers to return to lead worship,
which they did over a 6 month period from May until October.
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We were delighted
to meet again with Revs David Priestnall, Darren Garfield, Keith Hunt and Nick
Blundell and also to welcome former members of the church who are now
ministers, Revs Simon Sutcliffe and Derek Grimshaw.
Each returning
minister received a garland, in keeping with the culture of our friends from
Pakistan.
Our annual Anniversary
service was held on 2nd November. It was led by Rev David Bonny and
was attended by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Cllr Mike Gibbons and the Lady
Mayoress, and a former Lord Mayor, Cllr Howard Middleton and Mrs Middleton.
A display of
memorabilia and items recounting the history of the church were provided with
the generous help of Trevor Wright, a former member of the church.
It was good to
celebrate our heritage and recall events and people from past years. It was
also a call to us to continue to serve and witness to the people of Undercliffe
and to be for them “The Light on the Cliff”.
Martin B, St Andrew’s
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