The parish of St Mary's in Horwich has been involved in the CHURCHES TOGETHER IN HORWICH (CTH) movement for about 30 years. CTH as it has come to be known among its supporters, has organised many events enabling Christians from different churches to meet together in prayer and worship. These have taken place not only at the various festival times in a year, but also throughout the year. However, it is not just in worship we meet, but also in the social sense when fund raising events are held for charities such as CAFOD and Christian Aid.
CTH has a committee composed of ministers and lay representatives from the 11 churches, there being one minister and one or two lay people from each church. The committee meets 3 times per year, in January, May, and September, with the AGM preceding the May meeting.
Father Jones represents St Mary's and St Anthony's with the assistance of Eileen and Bernard Abram for St Mary's and Mary Webster for St Anthony's.
Examples of events that have been held in the past
Harvest Time 'Starvation' lunches
Lenten Lunches
Lenten Services
Lenten Studies/Courses
Group Study Courses during Lent
Walk of Fellowship (around Horwich visiting most churches)
Quiet Days and Half Days (meditation and reflection)
Mid-week devotions in the nine weeks leading up to Christmas
Advent Prayer Morning
Ecumenical Service during the Week of Prayer of Christian Unity
Women's World Day of Prayer Service
Armistice Day Service
Barn Dances
Visit to Cathedral's e.g. York, Liverpool, Chester
Open Air Act of Worship - linked to 'More Than Gold' programme during the Commonwealth Games
Open Air Carol Service - Real Christmas outside Asda
The strength of CTH can be guaged from the fact that our ministers meet on a regular basis to discuss and plan the details of services agreed by the committee as well as formulating their own ideas.
