Fund raising latest:
The latest target is £863,670, of which £833,175 has been raised.
In the last six years the parish has raised £660,000 and over 90% has come directly from parishoners, showing a high level of commitment to developing a new worship centre.
We have also enjoyed excellent support from many other benefactors.
Learn about our sponsors:
The Way We Were
By Alice Latimer
A lifelong resident of Elton and member of its parish church is using her rich memories of the past to build for the future.
Alice Latimer has written a book, entitled "The Way We Were", in which she recalls her own younger days and the people and events of old Elton in order to raise funds for the new All Saints Church and Parish Centre.
First published in 2001, she has since sold hundreds of copies, raising over £2,200. Full story, together with some fascinating extracts, can be seen here:
Christian Aid
Thanks to all those who helped to raise a very welcome £2,377 for Christian Aid this year. Well done folks!
June 2008
Pennies From Heaven
Total raised to date: £300
The Pennies From Heaven appeal is another fund raising initiative where we are asking friends, family and neighbours to help by setting aside any loose change as we head towards the completion of the new church. Thanks to all for your continuing support!
June 2008
Top–Up Appeal
The Top–Up Appeal has so far raised £13,281.
April 2008
Christingle Collection
The Christingle collection for the Children's Society raised £105 and jar collections in 2007 totalled £109.
December 2007
Porch Boxes
The Porch Boxes project provides crisis packs for those in need. Donations of non-perishable food were given as part of our Harvest Festival and these have been sent to the Porch Boxes project. Many thanks to all for your generous support.
October 2007
New Service Times
As a consequence of Stuart's extended role it has been necessary for the main Sunday service times in both churches to change. From September our 10.15 am service will move to 9.30 am (with St James' at 11.00 am).
August 2007
Stuart takes on new role
Following a private licensing in the Bishop's chapel Stuart is to become Priest-in-Charge of St James' Woolfold (as well as this parish). Early next year both the All Saints and St James' parishes will be united to create the single parish of Elton North. As well as having one priest-in-change we shall then have one Parochial Church Council.
July 2007
New Church Top Up Appeal launched £13,281 raised to date!
With the building work nearing completion, our most immediate challenge is the raising of the last £50,000 or so.
This represents less than 6% of the total building cost (£843,000) and in a final push to meet this challenge, a Top Up Appeal was launched in January 2008.
Further details are on the Top Up Appeal leaflet which can be downloaded here.
The building work has begun!
For what seems for ever we have been working for, praying for and looking forward to the building of our new All Saints Church.
And now at long last everything is in place and we can see it is on its way!
Here we can see the steel work arriving on site in preparation for erecting the steel frame for the new church building.
Laying a new foundation
Work has at last begun on building our new church!
After the All-Age Service on Sunday 15th July, our young people led the congregation to the site of the new church behind St Francis' House for a simple and fun ceremony to mark the First Cutting of the Turf.
After a prayer was said representatives of the congregation were invited to help to dig the turf from a plot marking the front entrance of the new church.
Alice meets the Queen
Maundy Thursday was Alice Latimer's big day! She was among the 162 pensioners who were presented with Maundy Gifts by Her Majesty the Queen in Manchester Cathedral. What a full and exciting day she had.
Alice was nominated for her life long hard work and devotion to All Saints. Her autobiography “The Way We Were” raised over £2200 for the new church building fund. After the service, Alice spoke with tears in her eyes “I‘m going to keep selling my books to raise money for the new church building. I‘ll write a new chapter now all about this lovely service.”
Words of encouragement from Bishop Nigel
A message from the Bishop of Manchester to the Parish of All Saints.
Good news stands in sharp contrast to all the bad that we hear. And it is certainly wonderful to learn of the exciting plans to build a much-needed new church and centre for the All Saints Parish in Bury.
This new building will affirm that here in the Twenty First Century the Church continues to care passionately about its three core concerns - the worship of God, the sharing of the Christian Gospel and the unconditional care of others. Used wisely and generously this new provision will have a huge impact on the local congregation and the community as a whole.
First half million raised!
A major milestone was achieved in January 2003 as the appeal total for the new church building fund past half a million pounds.
Younger members of the church can be seen here displaying the total - within half an hour of this photograph being taken the total was already past the one shown here!
Our sincere thanks to the many people and organisations for their generous support!
Messages of support for appeal launch
A message from the (then) Archbishop of Canterbury:
I was delighted to hear of the way in which things have moved ahead so positively since I visited the Parish three years ago. Your plans for the new Church and Parish Centre look very exciting indeed and I was particularly encouraged by their outward-looking, seven days a week community focus.
Clearly the challenge you have set yourselves is a very considerable one, but I wish you every success as you face up to it.
God bless you all. Dr George Carey.
