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Hundreds turn out to celebrate new church
2:00pm Tuesday 4th December 2012 in News
Proud day - Rev Marian Sturrock outside the new church
HUNDREDS of parishioners and dignitaries packed out St Michael’s Church to celebrate the consecration of the new £420,000 building.
The pews were full to bursting as more than 200 people seized the rare opportunity to watch the new church, in St Michael’s Road, Daws Heath, be sanctified by the honourable Bishop of Bradwell.
Clergymen past and present, councillors and churchgoers watched as the venerable John Wraw blessed everything from the church doors to the alter and chalices, before joining in a service of prayer and hymns.
Reverend Marian Sturrock said: “I am absolutely over the moon with the beautiful new building. It’s not very often a congregation gets a lovely new church like this so we are extremely grateful and pleased to worship here.
“It was a lovely service and I would like to thank everyone for coming along to help us celebrate.”
The new building, which also includes a new community hall, was constructed of 150-year-old timber logs especially imported from Finland.
The congregation spent two years raising the cash to demolish and rebuild their old building after it fell into disrepair.
The rotten timber Army Hut, which dated back to the First World War, had lasted more than 80 years longer than expected but was demolished in April.
Castle Point mayor Peter Burch, who attended the ceremony, said: “There were so many people there they needed to bring in extra chairs. It was lovely to see so much support, and it was a very enjoyable, very interesting ceremony to watch.
“The new building is very well designed and well built, and I am sure it will serve the community well, hopefully for generations to come.”
The congregation will be also holding a special service of thanks and prayers for everyone who was unable to attend the consecration this Saturday at 4pm.
Comments(15)
Eric Whim
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5:36pm Tue 4 Dec 12
Nebs
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7:18pm Tue 4 Dec 12
Nebs
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8:51pm Tue 4 Dec 12
Aint it just the truth wrote:They raised the money, and they pray based their beliefs. Good luck to them. You have nothing to fear, as when the time comes God will forgive you.
It's not good news, it's a complete waste of time and money for people who waste their time praying to a non existent fantasy figure. If I'm wrong, prove it.
Antonius
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10:38pm Tue 4 Dec 12
sav25
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11:48pm Tue 4 Dec 12
Eric Whim
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5:12pm Wed 5 Dec 12
sav25 wrote:maybe it was another of those 'seventh day' things at those times....
Religion cannot be proven. However war, famine, disease, suffering, rape, murder, burglary, disabilities, extinctions and plenty others are very much real and proven. If this god is oh so powerful, where the fluff has he been over the last 2000 years? WW1 and WW2 would have been a good time to step in and 'sort it out' no?
Aint it just the truth
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8:10pm Wed 5 Dec 12
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Just for your benefit I shall repeat my previous comments. There is not a single grain of evidence that god exists. Likewise there have been plenty of studies in the US on prayer and they have found that prayer does not work. That is a fact. It is also a fact that there is a mountain of evidence that people fool themselves into believing all sorts of nonsense, which includes your fairy tale gods.
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So come on, be men not sneaky rats, try and justify your faith with real facts and verifiable arguments, instead of complaing to the Echo staff. Btw I shall be complaining about you too.
Aint it just the truth
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8:20pm Wed 5 Dec 12
Diannah
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8:45pm Wed 5 Dec 12
Aint it just the truth wrote:Seeing is not believing but believing is seeing.
You believers are pathetic, you have complained about my postings, not because I have been using bad language or insulting you but because YOU DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH!!!.
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Just for your benefit I shall repeat my previous comments. There is not a single grain of evidence that god exists. Likewise there have been plenty of studies in the US on prayer and they have found that prayer does not work. That is a fact. It is also a fact that there is a mountain of evidence that people fool themselves into believing all sorts of nonsense, which includes your fairy tale gods.
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So come on, be men not sneaky rats, try and justify your faith with real facts and verifiable arguments, instead of complaing to the Echo staff. Btw I shall be complaining about you too.
Nebs
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11:26pm Wed 5 Dec 12
Diannah wrote:Happy Christmas.
Aint it just the truth wrote:Seeing is not believing but believing is seeing.
You believers are pathetic, you have complained about my postings, not because I have been using bad language or insulting you but because YOU DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH!!!.
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Just for your benefit I shall repeat my previous comments. There is not a single grain of evidence that god exists. Likewise there have been plenty of studies in the US on prayer and they have found that prayer does not work. That is a fact. It is also a fact that there is a mountain of evidence that people fool themselves into believing all sorts of nonsense, which includes your fairy tale gods.
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So come on, be men not sneaky rats, try and justify your faith with real facts and verifiable arguments, instead of complaing to the Echo staff. Btw I shall be complaining about you too.
Diannah
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11:10am Thu 6 Dec 12
Nebs wrote:You know ;)
Diannah wrote:Happy Christmas.
Aint it just the truth wrote:Seeing is not believing but believing is seeing.
You believers are pathetic, you have complained about my postings, not because I have been using bad language or insulting you but because YOU DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH!!!.
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Just for your benefit I shall repeat my previous comments. There is not a single grain of evidence that god exists. Likewise there have been plenty of studies in the US on prayer and they have found that prayer does not work. That is a fact. It is also a fact that there is a mountain of evidence that people fool themselves into believing all sorts of nonsense, which includes your fairy tale gods.
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So come on, be men not sneaky rats, try and justify your faith with real facts and verifiable arguments, instead of complaing to the Echo staff. Btw I shall be complaining about you too.
Aint it just the truth
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11:22am Thu 6 Dec 12
Diannah wrote:Do you mean believing in the 6 day creation, talking snakes, global floods, virgin births, people coming back from the dead and a whole series of unbelievable miracles? Are you serious? Even the Catholic church, which is two hundred years behind the times, admits that Noahs flood is probably not true.
Aint it just the truth wrote: You believers are pathetic, you have complained about my postings, not because I have been using bad language or insulting you but because YOU DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH!!!. . Just for your benefit I shall repeat my previous comments. There is not a single grain of evidence that god exists. Likewise there have been plenty of studies in the US on prayer and they have found that prayer does not work. That is a fact. It is also a fact that there is a mountain of evidence that people fool themselves into believing all sorts of nonsense, which includes your fairy tale gods. . So come on, be men not sneaky rats, try and justify your faith with real facts and verifiable arguments, instead of complaing to the Echo staff. Btw I shall be complaining about you too.Seeing is not believing but believing is seeing.
Mary Lou
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3:58pm Wed 12 Dec 12
Aint it just the truth
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4:36pm Sat 15 Dec 12
Brunning999 says...
2:50pm Tue 4 Dec 12