A HELENSBURGH man stepped into one of Scotland's top jobs on May 20 2010 . . . and on May 26 the job was done.
But while the Rev John Cairns Christie may have accepted a job which lasts for just six days the duties attached to it will go on for a full year until the next incumbent takes over the role.Last Updated ( Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:25 )
A HELENSBURGH man who became a priest went on to hold two of the most important offices in the Church of England.
The Right Rev Patrick Campbell Rodger, who was born at Southcourt in the burgh on November 28 1920, the son of a prosperous family, was Bishop of Manchester from 1970-78, then Bishop of Oxford until 1986, and a leading figure in the ecumenical movement.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 April 2010 17:08 )
THE restoration of the Episcopal Church of St Michael and All Angels in Helensburgh was an eight year project successfully completed in the autumn of 2009.
The historical basis of the church's decoration is a subject not always appreciated, and is described in this article.
Last Updated ( Monday, 26 April 2010 09:34 )
ON Sunday 22nd August 1841 a congregation of Scottish Episcopalians met in the room of a house in William Street, where Divine Service was solemnised by the Very Rev William Routledge.
Their first church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, opened on the site of the present St Michael's Church in 1843.
Last Updated ( Monday, 26 April 2010 09:36 )
MAJOR restoration of Helensburgh’s 140 year-old St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in West Princes Street — the town's only A-listed church — was completed in 2009.
Work began in May on the third phase of what was originally to be a four-phase project over ten years, the third and the fourth having been combined because of deterioration of the building.
Last Updated ( Monday, 26 April 2010 09:38 )
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The next Open Meeting will be on Wednesday October 26 at 7.30pm prompt at Helensburgh Civic Centre, East Clyde Street. After the AGM, the Rev David Clark will talk about 100 years of the BB in Helensburgh.
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