Welcome to St. Thomas Werneth, Oldham

 

 

 

Hello,

 

Dear Friends

 

I'm Andrew Dawson. I'm the Priest in charge at St. Thomas'. That's me in the above photo, with Bishop Nigel of Manchester during St. Thomas' 150 years celebrations in 2005, with the Mayoress of Oldham, Councillor Kay Knox and our wardens.

 

We are proud to be an active part of the Church of England, and we also welcome people of all faiths for fellowship.

 

As well as our regular services, we have two weekly worship house groups, where we learn about our faith through working together. You will find the times of these on the calendar.

 

The upcoming events of the week, together with news and prayer requests and thanksgiving can be found on our weekly notices page, with additional detail in Monthly Magazine and Events.

 

We have had our annual meeting and I have added the report I gave at the meeting on our Annual Report page.

 

We work closely with St. Paul's parish and here is a message from their new priest-in-charge, who we will get to know well over the summer.

 

3 Regency Close

Oldham

OL8 1SS 

0161 678 8926

 

 

 

 

Nick Andrewes introduces himself

 

I am Revd. Nick Andrewes, and I am looking forward to starting at St. Paul's, Oldham, as priest-in-charge in May.

"Where are you from?" I was born in Southampton, and spent most of my childhood in Shropshire. Before I became a vicar, I taught in an infant school in Hackney. I have worked as a vicar in Dovecot (on the East side of Liverpool), in Charlestown (Salford), and here, part-time, in Lower Crumpsall / Cheetham Hill, where I've completed six years. I'm also studying Old Testament at Manchester University.

"Do you have a family?" I am married to Gina who has nearly completed training as an Art Therapist. We will be celebrating our twentieth Wedding anniversary this year. We have two daughters, Isabel (8) and Esther (5) who  enjoy dancing, swimming and football. They are very excited about moving.

"What do you like doing when you are not working?" We enjoy hill-walking, films, and board games. Neither of us drives (we tend to use the bus and walk). We enjoy holidays in Wales.

"What do you think of Oldham?" We don't know Oldham very well, having only been once or twice before November: we went to a football match (prizes for guessing which team we supported), and passed through a couple of times on the way back from walks in Greenfield and Marsden.
 
 We've found all the places we've lived and worked very interesting - each has  its own unique feel. I'm sure that Oldham will be no different. I am very  much looking forward to meeting people at St. Paul's and at St. Thomas' in due  course - and working with you.

 

 

Latest addition to the site. Take a look at the Church Windows pages. This has been completely revamped with higher quality images replacing the existing pictures and many new windows now included.

 

 

 

 

 

We've recently added some more photos to our gallery section, why not take a look?

 

 

 

How to find us

 

We are at point 'A' on the map