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Olney Churches Combined
The sound of singing filled Olney last month as children joined in with Shipwreck Survivors, this year’s Holiday Bible Club put
on by the four churches in the town.
A popular and fun-filled week, more than 200 young people took part in the club. There was plenty of singing, Bible story telling, action-packed drama, games and arts and crafts.
The children learned stories from the Bible, based on the theme that we all make mistakes and don’t live up to God’s great plan. However, God loved the world so much that He sent his son Jesus here and, by loving him, we can receive everlasting life.
The Bible Club is run for children aged 5-12 years old, and ends with a big family barbeque on the Friday night. Next year, it will run from 3rd-7th August, so make sure you put the date in your diary for lots of fun and games next summer.
A big thanks to all the volunteers who helped make the week such a success.
Sutcliff Baptist Church
FChurch on the Move
rom Sunday 7th September, the congregation of Sutcliff Baptist Church will be meeting down the road at the United Reformed Church. They will start their services at 9.30am, while the URC have kindly moved their service time to 11.00am.
They are moving out to make way for the builders who start the extension and improvement work at the side of the Baptist Church, which will give it more much needed space and flexibility.
For more details, check out the website and Facebook pages at olneybaptist.org.uk.
Memories of WW1
Discover stories, photos, letters and artefacts about our community’s experience of the First World War at the
Cowper and Newton Museum.
Kindly shared by more than 40 Olney families, they all have direct links with the war or have inherited stories and memorabilia from relatives. Aware of how precious these items are, the museum is grateful to everyone who has shared with them.
The display, in the Olney Local History Room runs untill Feb 2015 and begins by introducing the history of the impressive war memorials from the area’s town and local villages. From there, the stories of our brave soldiers begin.
See a photograph of Robert Hooper and understand his experience from a letter he wrote back to his brother. Poignantly, they have his death certificate dated only a couple of weeks after the letter was sent.
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