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The Bishop of Manchester, the Rt Revd. Nigel McCulloch, has visited the parish of Holy Trinity Blackley on Tuesday 15th May 2007 as part of his continuing three-year pilgrimage around the diocese.
After meeting staff and children at Holy Trinity Primary School, the bishop visited the newly built North City Library in Blackley. Rather than borrowing a book, the bishop donated one to the library - a book about Manchester's own history and architecture. The bishop said: "Libraries are such an important part of a community's life, and they have played such a vital part of making this city what it is today - one of the largest centres of learning in the country."
The bishop also toured the local area, seeing at first hand the signs of spiritual, social and economic regeneration, responding, "It has been so good to see the signs of regeneration and growth in this community and to encourage the local church to continue in this valuable work of building community."
After a community reception, a simple act of worship was held at The Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Cobden Street. The service was led by representatives of young people's organisations as well as older parishioners, representing the past, present, and future of the church and community. Rainbows, brownies and guides from the parish presented the bishop with the "Run the Race" baton (which is travelling around Manchester with the bishop and which was first used for the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002) while children from Holy Trinity Primary School sang. The service included an opportunity for anyone to come forward to be
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