Welcome to your
Ichthus Newsletter
Quarterly Newsletter from the Leaders of Worship and Preachers Trust
I mentioned in my last foreword, the importance of anniversaries and
birthdays. Well, we certainly celebrated the 10th birthday of LWPT in style!
LWPT trustees past and present gathered at the LWPHomes Westerley Care
Home in Minehead on Saturday 26th September. It was good to see so many
who are active in LWPT now or who have served faithfully in the past. We
enjoyed the very appropriately titled ‘Concert of Hope’ led by the excellent
Occasional Singers in a marquee on the beautiful main lawn. Our staff at
Westerley, led by Stevie Shaw our Home Manager, worked hard alongside
trustee David Greet to provide a truly memorable occasion, with good food
too! We thank God for ten years of LWPT, in which we have taken on the
work passed to us by LPMA and expanded into new areas. We thank God
too for the work of LWPHomes, which has ‘taken the baton’ handed on by
Mutual Aid Homes as we care lovingly for our four ‘Westerleys’, our
committed staff and (most importantly) our family of residents.
Our birthday celebration was followed on Sunday 27th September by
another key event in Minehead. The Revd John Bolton, a trustee of LWPT,
was commissioned as our ninth National Advocate at a special service at
St Michael’s Anglican Church. St Michael’s is the church where John was
appointed curate as he began his ministry 30 years ago. The service was
tremendous, with the West Somerset Brass Band complementing the wellplayed pipe organ with singing that could probably be heard across the
Bristol Channel! After the service, all returned to Westerley for an excellent tea
and the playing of the Darktown Struthers Jazz Band. I was blessed in taking
the service at Watchet Methodist Church to a rather larger congregation
than I usually have locally!
Visitors to Westerley Woodhall Spa can see something of the history of
LPMA. Two plaques that mark the beginning of LPMA in 1849 and its 150th
Anniversary in 1999, were built into the walls of Wensley Methodist Church
in the Derbyshire Peak District. We removed them after this small country
chapel closed; they now form part of the outside wall at Westerley Woodhall
Spa for all to see as a reminder of our great history. I am fortunate to visit
Westerley Woodhall Spa often, in connection with our ongoing building
project to convert spare space on the second floor into four first class
rooms, each with an en-suite facility. We had a great time too at the
anniversary for Westerley Grange-over-Sands on Friday 21st August.
Westerley at Westcliff-on-Sea hopes to have its anniversary event in 2016;
watch this space for details!
Please continue to pray for all parts of our work at LWPT and LWPHomes.
Our trustees, our staff and the many people who benefit from what we offer
at LWPT and LWPHomes all need your prayers. Please pray too for all the
residents in our Westerleys who form our extended family. We need your
prayers as we continue with our work of support and care to many people
in times of uncertainty.
Registered Charity No. 1107967
Contents
1
A Message from the
Chairman
2 2015/2016
National Advocate
Introduction
6
LWPT Accounts
9
News from the
Homes
11
In Remembrance
12 Crossword
CONTACT US
LWPT Office
PO Box 2352
Watford
Herts.
WD18 1PY
Call us on : 01923 231811
Email: [email protected]
www.lwpt.org.uk
www.preachweb.org
Philip Nuttall
Chairman and Finance Director
Ichthus - Winter 2015
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