What's happened recently...

Stories featured on the site in recent months ... and a link to less recent reports
Eating at Epiphany-tide

CLICK HERE for pictures from the United Benefice Senior Citizens' Epiphany-tide lunch on January 29th, 2012


Festival Fanfare

CLICK HERE for the illustrated story of the highly successful third Christmas Tree Festival, held at St Faith's December 4th - 10th, 2011


Pilgrim People 2011

CLICK HERE for pictures from the October 2011 pilgrimage to Walsingham - and links to previous pilgrimages and this year's daily diaries
Patronal Pageantry
CLICK HERE for the events at the 2011 Patronal Festival celebrations

All That Jazz!

CLICK HERE for the ground-breaking close harmony and jazz concert for the Waterloo Partnership in St Faith's

Flying the Flag
CLICK HERE for pictures from the annual patriotic extravaganza at St Mary's - the Last Night of the Proms, United Benefice style!

The Ladies at Rydal Hall
CLICK HERE for pictures from the 1980s when the ladies of St Faith's '84 Club were somewhat younger...
Sausages in the Sushine
CLICK HERE for pictures from the United Benefice Barbecue in August 2011
Greeting Father Ged

CLICK HERE for a feature on the ordination of our one-time Director of Music, Ged Callacher


Why Do We Do That...?
CLICK HERE for articles explaining some of the features of our worship at St Faith's


Corpus Christi
CLICK HERE for a record of the 2011 celebration and the dedication of eucharistic ministers


Pentecost 2011
CLICK HERE for a report on the colourful happenings at St Faith's at Pentecost 2011


At the A.P.C.M.
CLICK HERE for a blow-by-blow account of the happenings at the St Faith's Annual Parochial Church Meeting 2011


AwayDay Happenings
CLICK HERE for a report on the discussions and decisions at the May Away Day meeting of the United Benefice PCCs

The U.B. Men take to the road again
CLICK HERE for pictures of the Easter Saturday United Benefice Men's Fellowship walk to a pub at Hightown


Easter Workshop 2011
CLICK HERE for pictures of the Good Friday United Benefice children's worskhop at St Mary's

Let There Be Light
CLICK HERE for pictures - and a sermon - of the  Eve of Candlemass service on February 1st 2011

The Late Lunch
CLICK HERE for the very late United Benefice Christmas Lunch 2010/11

'The Bells! The Bells!'
CLICK HERE for an account of Sam Austin's quest to discover the bells of St Mary's

The Tale of the Trees
CLICK HERE for a sequence of pages recording the great success of the December 2010 Christmas Tree Festival
Parading the Flags
CLICK HERE for the recent ceremony of the Royal British Legion standards at St Faith's
Advent Activity
CLICK HERE for the fun and games at the 2010 Advent Craft and Activity morning in the hall and the church
Showing the Flag
CLICK HERE for the colourful happenings at Saint Mary's when the Last Night of the Proms took to the stage
Liturgy and Lunch
CLICK HERE for the first two special events of worshipping and lunching together for our two congregations
Summer Sizzler
CLICK HERE for the sun-soaked United Benefice 2010 summer barbecue pictures
Happy Holiday Clubs
CLICK HERE for words and pictures from the St Faith's Children's Holiday Club week... and HERE for the St Mary's week
65 Not Out
CLICK HERE for three pages of pictures and diaries from the June 2010 United Benefice over-65 Holiday Club week
Sunny Day School Party
CLICK HERE for pictures of the fun and games in the Vicarage garden at the Sunday School's summer party
Pentecost Pages
CLICK HERE for pages of words and pictures about the Church's Birthday in recent years
Help for Heroes
CLICK HERE for the first details of our new Services Family Support initiative
The Youth Pages
CLICK HERE for a new index page to youth organisation reports and data (added February 19th, 2010)
The Tale of the Trees
CLICK HERE for the full story of the highly successful new enterprise of December 2009: the Christmas Tree Festival
Dining Out
CLICK HERE for pictures from the 2009 Senior Citizens' Christmas Lunch
'Look What I made!'
CLICK HERE  for the illustrated story of the annual children's Craft and Activity morning in our church hall.
Reflections on a Ghanaian Experience
CLICK HERE  for Liz Mooney 's illustrated account  of her October 2009  ' Branches of  the Vine' visit  to Ghana
 Happy Band of Pilgrims
Pictures and Pilgrims' Dairies from the October United Benefice Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
When Walsingham came to Liverpool
 Pictures and impressions (and even a poem) from the Liverpool Walsingham Festival on October 10th
Celebrating Saint Faith
Illustrated report on the October 6th 2009 Patronal Festival High Mass
Welcoming Revd Denise!
Our new N.S.M. Curate, Denise McDougall, signs in at St Faith's
Marathon Man!
Fr Neil Kelley's August 2009 sponsored organ play at St Mary's: words...   24-hour Organ Play. and... Pictures
Holy Smoke!
Pictures from the United Benefice August 2009 Parish barbecue
Holiday Club Happenings
Stories and pictures from the 2009 summer Children's Holiday Clubs:
St Mary's Holiday Club
St Faith's Holiday Club
"Life begins at 65!"
The United Benefice 65+ Holiday Club week report
The Sunday School Sunshine Party 2009
Party time for the United Benefice Sunday Schools in the Vicarage garden - click here for the fun and games.

St Kevin's Night
A highly successful fund-raising Irish evening in  memory of Kevin Walsh was held in June 2009. Click here for words and pictures

Easter and Pentecost
Two great feasts have been celebrated in style recently. Click here for the Easter gallery and here for the Pentecost  gallery - with links here to previous years' galleries and to prayer and poetry resources
Celebration!
Fr Neil Kelley has celebrated the completion of ten years as Vicar of the United Benefice. Click here for party pictures!

Welcoming back Denise
News of the return of an old friend, the Revd Denise McDougall,  joining our Ministry Team in the autumn

From Palm Sunday to Easter 2009
Picture pages from services during Lent, Holy Week and Easter 2009
Rumpelstiltskin Rules!
Pictures and video clips from the February 2009 United Benefice Dramatic Society pantomime
Dressing for Dinner
Words and pictures of the 2009 Men's Group retreat to Marske, Yorkshire

Kevin Walsh R.I.P.
Pages of tributes and pictures in memory of a much-loved member of our church

The Sahara Desert Trek
Read all about Mari Griffith's epic desert trek to raise money for the ClassicFM Music makers charity

'Dressing for Dinner'
Words and pictures from the January 2009 Men's Group retreat to Yorskhire - featuring much sartorial elegance!

All-Age Advent-ures!
Words and pictures from the Advent all-age worship service and the afternoon's Sunday Schools' party

Confirmation and Craft
Reports on the United Benefice Confirmation service and the Craft and Activity morning
A Decade of '+James Liverpool'
Words and pictures of Bishop James' recent 10th Anniversary Cathedral celebrations - featuring some of our churches' children
Pilgrimage to Santiago
Click here for the illustrated story of the recent pilgrimage by members of the United Benefice to sSantiago de Compostela in Spain.
Patronal Pageantry
Click here for the story of the St Faith's Night High Mass on October 6th, 2008 (and a great joke in the sermon!)
Showing the Flag at St Mary's
Click here for pictures of the 'Last Night of the Proms' September extravaganza

A Sunny Day... in August...?
Click here for pictures of the United Benefice Parish Barbecue in the vicarage garden.
All Aboard for the Holiday Club!
Click here for four full pages of pictures from St Faith's annual fun week at the end of July, 2008

St Mary's All at Sea!
CLICK HERE to read about Chloe Johnson's Tall Ships adventure
Deanery Eucharist Full House
Click here for an illustrated report on the recent Deanery Eucharist at St Faith's and the visit of Bishop Michael Sande from Butere, Kenya.
March Madness!
CLICK HERE to read about Mari Griffith's sponsored Sahara Desert Trek next year.. and to donate online
The Crumblies' Club!
CLICK HERE for pictures and diaries from the 2008 Over-65s Holiday Club week


Junior Church Jollifications

CLICK HERE for the 2008 Sunday Schools' Party pictures.
 
The Southport Stroll
CLICK HERE  for the St Faith's Servers' Sponsored Southport Saunter 2008!
Martin Mass!
CLICK HERE for Fr Martin Jones' first mass on the day of his ordination to the priesthood

The Church's Birthday
CLICK HERE for pictures of our 2008 Pentecost celebrations - and access poems, prayers and celebrations from earlier years
Oh Yes It Was!
CLICK HERE for the pantomime pages, accessing the Snow White saga in stills and video clips.
Men at Marske Again
CLICK HERE for pictures of the St Faith's Men's  Group retreat, a late/early Christmas dinner, a palindrome... and a rather unseemly apron..

Christingle Crowds
 CLICK HERE  for two pages of pictures of the Christmas Eve Christingle service

Seventy over-seventies sit down and dine
CLICK HERE  for pictures from the 2007 United Benefice Senior Citizen's Christmas Dinner

The United Benefice children meet Father Christmas
CLICK HERE for pictures from the Sunday Schools' Christmas party 2007 in St Mary's Church Hall

Advent Sunday: children and toys centre stage!
CLICK HERE for pictures of the Advent Sunday 2007 family and toy service.
Children's Craft and Activity Day

Fun and games for our local children in the Church Hall. For pictures Click here!

Not Just a Christmas Present
The latest container of goods from our Waterloo to Waterloo, Sierra Leone, is on its way and will be there well before Christmas.
Click here for words and pictures from Fred and Linda Nye


 Parishes on Pilgrimage
Click here  for pictures from the recent pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.
CLICK HERE  to read about the Shrine, and some of the previous pilgrimages we have made to this very special holy place.


St Faith's Patronal Festival Celebrations
Click here for words and pictures from the colourful services of the 2007 Patronal Festival: The High Mass for the eve of St Faith's Day, the Dedication Sunday Sung Eucharist, and Festal Evensong... bishops and a banner on display!
Click here for the Patronal Page 2007, with full details of services and access to pictures from previous patronal celebrations, together with information about Saint Faith and the other churches dedicated to her.

The Last Night of the Proms
CLICK HERE for words and pictures from the highly successful concert at Saint Mary's on September 22nd, 2007

Rooftop Parish Panorama
 
CLICK HERE for Denis Griffiths all-round movie of the parish (and beyond!) from the Church bell-tower... and some fine close-up 'stills'
The Musical Marathon


Read Fr Neil's account of his marathon 24 hours
 CONGRATULATIONS!
Kelley on the Keys - Non-stop!
Fr Neil completed his 24-hour Organ Play
on the organ at St Mary's Church, Waterloo
  at 4 pm on Monday 20th August  - tired but triumphant
Fr Neil raised a magnificent £6,000!




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