Another in the expanding Church Micro series...
St Clement’s began life in 1880 as a church plant from the neighbouring parish of St Barnabas. Manchester was expanding rapidly as a city and Thomas Dickinson, the curate at St Barnabas at the time, along with the minister John Noyes decided to plant a church in Higher Openshaw before new housing was built there so people would have somewhere to worship God. Thomas Dickinson became the first minister of St Clement’s and served the church until 1919. His love for Jesus Christ and his desire for others to know God’s love and grace in their lives has set the tone of the church ever since. Below are a list of the ministers of St Clement’s. One current member of the church Hilda Beebe still remembers Joseph Edmondson who appointed her as a Sunday School teacher in the 1930s.
- Thomas Dickinson 1878-1919
- Arthur Fuller 1919-1928
- Joseph Edmondson 1929-1937
- John Maddock 1938-1944
- Desmond Dean 1945-1951
- Cecil Butlin 1952-1963
- Peter Dawson 1963-1968
- Douglas Smith 1969-1980
- Brian Flux 1981-1988
- William Nelson 1989-2003
- Christopher Howitz 2005-2012
- Paul Jump 2012-present
The cache is hidden around the corner from the church. It's a magnetic micro, so you will need your own pen/pencil and tweezers!
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