All-age and All-species worship!! Sun 13th Oct 10amBring your (well behaved!) pets or cuddly toys for a blessing and to praise God together! … Continue reading
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Current biographer of Bernard Gilpin, parishioner Roger Elsey is interviewed about Gilpin’s Faith, Generosity and Service and his inspiration for us today in this short 4 part documentary film. This film is part of the Gilpin 500 Exhibition on display … Continue reading
This year is the 50th Houghton Feast in its modern incarnation – from the beginning the Community Hymn singing on Feast Sunday (this year on 8th October at 6pm) has been a very popular part of the feast celebrations. This … Continue reading
THE GILPIN 500 DINNER Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Houghton’s famous Rector, Bernard Gilpin, a special dinner with entertainment is taking place in the Parish Church. The Cherry Pickers, a live folk band, will be providing the … Continue reading
Finishing up our Houghton Feast celebrations we have Houghton Brass Band in Concert with guest soloist Jim Hayes on Saturday 15th October at 7pm. Tickets available on the door at £5 (£3 concessions). … Continue reading
Join us once again for our Michaelmas celebrations of Houghton Feast this October. The theme this year is Hollywood and the Movies. Hear our very own Gilpin Singers perform at the opening ceremony at 7.00pm on Friday 7th October. Grab … Continue reading
This year’s Houghton Feast weekend was wonderful. We began with the opening ceremony on Friday night at which our very own Gilpin Singers choir sang two numbers: Then on Saturday we had our craft and produce market welcoming some new … Continue reading
We are looking forward to once again being at the centre of the ancient ‘Houghton Feast‘ of Michaelmas in 2015. Brochures are available at the back of church or on the Houghton Feast website. Looking forward to seeing you at … Continue reading
This year’s Next 900 Event is a Feast Ceilidh on Friday 9th October at 7.30pm. Dance the night away in church! Tickets available from John Lambton for £12 (under 12s £5). Enjoy a live ceilidh band, ploughman’s supper, licensed bar … Continue reading
We had a great opening ceremony last night opening Houghton Feast for 2014. This year’s theme is Never Forget – and we are commemorating the start of the First World War. Today we ran our Craft and Produce Market with … Continue reading