Church Micro 8639.... St Helier Multi-cache
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Church Micro 8639.... St Helier
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This cache has been placed in the memory of a true Scotsman named Kenny who lived in Jersey for over 50 years, his full name was Kenneth Alexander Warden, he was born in Glasgow on 11th March 1936 and died in St Helier on 12th October 2015. He was very well known in St Helier and will be truly missed by his family and friends.
ST COLUMBA'S CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
Armies and Earthquakes
In 1850 there was a garrison at Fort Regent comprising members of the Cameron Regiment with many Presbyterians in their ranks. They expressed a grievance that there was no church for them to worship in Jersey. This reached the ears of a retired soldier in the island, a Captain Ramsey, who shared their plight.
He asked a Rev. Guthrie in Edinburgh for help and this led to a young probation-minister arriving in the island. Rev. James Stewart began holding services in the Town Hall (then in Don Street) in November 1850 which attracted large numbers of soldiers and local islanders.
The Cameron Regiment left Jersey in the Spring of 1851 but the islanders refused to part with their young minister and applied to the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland for recognition as a congregation of the Church.
The Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper were celebrated for the first time on 20 July 1851.
The induction of the young Rev. James Stewart as the congregation’s first minister was held on the 17 October 1852. However, the young Rev Stewart’s health deteriorated rapidly and he returned home to Scotland and died on 31 July 1853. A marble tablet in memory of the man considered the Founder of the Jersey congregation is to be found on the east wall inside the church.
In March 1853 the congregation was placed under the care of the Presbytery of Edinburgh.
The Rev. A. J. Murray was ordained as minister in June 1856 he instigated a search for a plot of land on which to build a church. By the end of 1856 a suitable plot at the corner of Midvale and Clairvale Roads (“in a pleasant part of town”) was bought for £287 – and sworn at the Royal Court on 15 December 1856.
The foundation stone was laid by Lord Parmoor at the end of 1857 and the church was opened for worship on 3 April 1959. The services that day were conducted by the Rev. Dr. McCrie (former Moderator of the Free Church Assembly) in the morning and evening and by the Rev. A.J. Murray (church minister) in the afternoon. Total cost of the church, including the land, was £2,618 and this sum was finally paid off in full on the 6 anniversary of the building in 1866.
Past minister, the Rev. Murray presented the church with the beautiful baptismal font made of Caen stone and adorned with pieces of coloured marble brought by him from Jerusalem in 1860.
At the above coordinates you will find a blue sign, below the word church there is a six figure telephone number.
N49
2nd number minus the 4th number
3rd number minus the 5th number
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4th and 5th numbers added together
1st and 5th numbers added together
2nd and 3rd numbers added together
W002
6th number
2nd and 3rd numbers added together
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4th number
2nd and 5th numbers added together
5th number
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