NewsDesk - Last Service at St. Saviour's

[Phoenix]

Cheap and easy to construct, numerous “tin churches” were erected to bring the gospel to industrial villages and mining communities in England and Wales during the second half of the 19th century.

Today, only a few remain. One of them, St. Saviour’s in the Rookery, near Kidsgrove will hold its last service in September. Originally erected at Butt Lane in 1867, St. Saviour’s was moved to the Rookery during 1879.

A thanksgiving service for 132 years worship at St. Saviour’s will take place in the church on Sunday, September 11th, 2011 at 3 pm in the presence of the Bishop of Stafford (the Right Reverend Geoffrey Annas) and the Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent (the Venerable Godfrey Stone). Everyone who has links with St. Saviour’s or who worshipped there in the past is invited to attend.

[Phoenix]

Everyone at the Phoenix Trust was delighted to learn that the last service at St. Saviour's was so well attended. The church was packed. We hope it will be possible to save the the building and turn it into a heritage centre where young people can come to learn about Kidsgrove's socio-economic history and discover what working conditions were like in the 19th century.