We might be of an age where it is our turn to care for ageing parents – sometimes meaning a move for us or them. It’s natural to want to help, writes Tim Howlett.
This has been true of two churches – a mother and her daughter – in South Bristol. Philip Street Chapel (PSC), in Bedminster, was formed in the 1860s when hundreds of men worked in the local coal mines. George Müller was being mightily used in his orphanage work. At the time, one PSC member remarked: ‘When Mr Müller preached the chapel always seemed full.’
Fast forward to the 1940s. A few at PSC had noticed that a large number of children in Headley Park (a neighbouring area) were without a Sunday School and decided to rectify that. As a result Crossways Tabernacle, later renamed Headley Park Church (HPC), was planted.
