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Results of 2026 Colouring Competition
Results of 2026 Colouring Competition
Once again, a big ‘Thank You’ to all who entered this year’s Colouring Competition. The postman was kept busy… and we were so pleased to receive a pile of entries once again. There was only one entry in the youngest age group (3-4) … so, Barnaby Morris was an outright winner in that group. But not so the other groups … Continue reading
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Colouring Competition 2026
Colouring Competition 2026
For our Colouring Competition this year the subject was, in a way, chosen for us! In 1526 William Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament into English was published so this is the 500th Anniversary of the First New Testament to be published in the English language! As a child, WilliamTyndale was very intelligent – he studied really hard, and while … Continue reading
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Results of the 2025 Colouring Competition
Results of the 2025 Colouring Competition
A big ‘Thank You’ to all who entered this year’s Colouring Competition. The postman was weighed down with entries as the deadline approached – we had double the entries this year, with almost 200 arriving from local children, churches and schools as well as from individual entries from destinations all over the British Isles. The standard was very high which … Continue reading
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Spring Lecture at the CHC
Spring Lecture at the CHC
We were pleased to see in the region of 50 people at our Spring Lecture this year when Stephen Ford spoke on the ministry of the little-known but inspirational life of John Palmer. Palmer was born in 1768 and came to Shrewsbury in 1792 as a medical doctor. A year after his arrival he found himself called to be the … Continue reading
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Colouring Competition 2025
Colouring Competition 2025
For our Colouring Competition this year we have chosen two individuals: Elizabeth Fry and Thomas Barnardo. There is a link between them, as 180 years ago, in 1845, Thomas Barnardo was born, and later that same year, Elizabeth Fry died. Both had lives ‘well-lived’. They were amazing Christian philanthropists, who made full use of their God-given skills, abilities and situations … Continue reading
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Results of the 2024 Colouring Competition!
Results of the 2024 Colouring Competition!
‘Thank You’ to all who entered this year’s Colouring Competition. Once again the postman was kept busy as we had almost 100 entries, arriving from all regions of England and Northern Ireland, and even some from Southern Ireland and America! Choosing the winners was again very difficult. We are just sorry we couldn’t award more prizes!! The winning pictures (along … Continue reading
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Colouring Competition 2024
Colouring Competition 2024
Once again we are organising a Colouring Competition, and the subject of this year’s picture is ‘Isaac Watts—The Father of English Hymnody’. The picture has once again been drawn for us by our dear Christian friend in America. 2024 marks the 350th Anniversary of the birth of Isaac Watts. Born in Southampton, England, in 1674, Isaac Watts was brought up in … Continue reading
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Changes to Opening Hours
Changes to Opening Hours
Throughout this year (with the exception of our lecture days and the Cream Tea in August), we have decided to amend our opening hours, so that we’ll be opening between 11am and 3pm. This hopefully means that it’ll make it easier for visitors to fit in a visit to the Centre around their other commitments! So you could pop in … Continue reading
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Results of 2023 Colouring Competition
Results of 2023 Colouring Competition
Once again, a big ‘Thank You’ to all who entered this year’s Colouring Competition. As with last year we were overwhelmed with entries, 144 this year, which arrived from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern and Southern Ireland! Choosing the winners was again a very difficult task. It was obvious that much thought had gone into the colouring – picking out the … Continue reading
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Colouring Competition 2023
Colouring Competition 2023
Once again we are organising a Colouring Competition, and the subject of this year’s picture is ‘David Livingstone – Christian Missionary and Explorer’. The picture has once again been drawn for us by our dear Christian friend in America. 2023 marks the 150th Anniversary of the death of David Livingstone. Born in Blantyre, Scotland in 1813, he died aged 60, … Continue reading
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