The Church and Chapel Ecumenical Covenant

The Church and Chapel Ecumenical Covenant

Photographs L - R

1. The Covenant and Signatories
2. The Procession leaves St Bartholomew's
3. The Procession
4. The Procession
5. The Procession
6. The Procession
7. The Procession
8. The Procession
9. The Procession
10. The Procession
11. The Procession
12. The Procession arrives at the Chapel
13. The Service of Thanksgiving

In approximate order of procession in the photographs is :

Christopher Short

The Rev'd. Geoffrey Senior
The Rev'd. Eric Pyecroft

The Rev'd. Tony Windsor
Canon Robert Miles
Bishop John Gibbs
The Rev'd. Ian T White

Paddy Farrell
Meryl Short
Frances Pyecroft
Yvonne Green
Denise Stephens
Martin Green
Eileen Herbert
Grace Cooke
Florence Greathead
Alan Smith
Mo Smith
Derek Bristow
Amy Senior
Audrey Turk
Mary Hunt
Mary Davis
David Simonson
Mary Simonson
Oliver Hunt
Kathleen Hunt
Peter Brook
Barbara Bridges
Geoffrey Fogwill
Myrtle Fogwill
Kay Rhodes
John Rhodes
Jean Brook
Diana White
Marion Gibbs
Gill Young
John Young
Elsie Barker
Joyce Hall
Edris Pankhurst
Eileen Minchin
Jennifer Gardiner
Julie Swale
Betty Kirkwood
Bob Gardiner
Alan Swale
Rhoda Cowen
Suzanne Jeffryes
Richard Mackie
 
12. Arriving at the Chapel
13. The Service of Thanksgiving

In 1991 members of the Anglican and Methodist churches in the village drew up a a covenant that acknowledged the mutual aim of promoting the Christian faith in Oakridge and beyond, aiming for an increasing degree of unity and proposing the formation of an inter-church council.

Subsequently progress was made with fortnightly joint services being held alternately at Church and Chapel until the Chapel closed in 2008.

Oakridge History Group