Welcome Alongside

 

Alan SaundersAfter seven fruitful years I left The Message Trust at the end of 2011 to start a church placement at St Peter’s Church in Halliwell, Bolton where I will be spearheading their support of St Clement’s Church in Ordsall, inner-city Salford. It is an exciting opportunity to play a part in helping St Clement’s to grow and through which I hope to learn some important lessons that will benefit my training for ordination. I have a passion for the inner-city church and feel it is part of God’s will that I am to be placed at St Peter’s which has a heart to support St Clement’s.

 

I realise that this will be a challenging mission and have set up this website for my network of supporters which I am calling ‘ALONGSIDE’. The name is inspired by chapter 5, verse 7 of Luke’s gospel, which says in The Message translation: ‘They waved to their partners in the other boat to come help them. They filled both boats, nearly swamping them with the catch’. I love that picture of one boat coming alongside another and feel called to play a part in helping revive the inner-city church. -- Alan Saunders, January 2012

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Alongside Launch Service

Posted on 1st March, 2012

Alongside was launched at a special joint service at St Clements, Ordsall on Sunday 12th February, 2012. This saw people from St Clements, Smithills and St Peter's Parish joining together to celebrate and explore what the future holds.

 

You can watch the highlights video here.