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Service and Celebration - 9th May

A lovely day was had by all at the Minster on Saturday 9th May.
The Friends of Stow Minster held their AGM and were delighted to welcome the Bishop of Grimsby, who also took a service, before the day's activities began.


Bishop of Grimsby

The Bishop of Grimsby-The Rt Revd David Rossdale and Sue Allan, local author


Peter Leonard

Friends of Stow Minster Chairman Peter Leonard and Edward Lee MP


Come and Join us at worship

Perhaps this year, you yourself might consider joining our church community, you and yours will always be most welcome and it is good to be part of a special and supportive group, especially in a more troubling world situation. The times of the services at Stow can be found on this website  but if that is not convenient for you, why not try Sturton Methodist Church or one of the other churches in the Stow Group, all have their own friendly welcome and worship the same loving God.

 

The Friends of Stow Minster

The Friends are off to a great start in this their first year. They have been invited to become members of The Friends of Cathedrals and will attend the Biannual Conference, next to be held in Blackburn in 2010. A committee member attended this year’s event, held at Lincoln Cathedral, much encouragement and support was given, again with recognition of the national importance of the building, the ‘mother church’ of Lincoln Cathedral.  Stow Friends have exciting plans for great events in 2009 to which you will be invited in due course. The second Newsletter is now available on the Friends page on this website.

 The Friends of Stow Minster invite you all to join us in supporting those who care for St Mary’s Church, Stow,  one of the most interesting and precious buildings of the world.

 If you would like to join us at the Friends, or give a dear one a membership as a gift, individual membership is only £10 and family membership £15. A small amount for a precious gift which lasts a year and so easy to do. Newsletters are sent to all Friends and they are invited to events also.

Membership forms can be found on the website here, or in Stow church itself, and sent to the Membership Secretary, Mr Paul Howitt-Cowan or given to either of the Stow churchwardens.

Sue Allan's Tudor Rose - Lady Rose Hickman

 

 

Stow Minster  was voted in top five tourist attractions in West Lindsey by the general public in the Pride of Place Awards.

It is amazing that this building is so greatly loved within the Community and thanks must go to all who work so hard to keep the place open to the public during daytime hours.

Come and join us in 2009

As the building of St Mary's  is so convenient for an excellent local inn and the nearby village of Sturton, it does make a most pleasant day's excursion, particularly when combined with the most hidden gem of Lincolnshire, the Restoration Church of St Edith's Coates. This is hidden in a working farm and can be found a mile or so away, off the Ingham Road from Stow.