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UID:17@methodisthistoryireland.org
DTSTART:20170520T103000Z
DTEND:20170520T163000Z
DTSTAMP:20161114T205216Z
URL:https://methodisthistoryireland.org/events/annual-pilgrimage-2017-visi
 t-to-newry-bessbrook-warrenpoint-and-rostrevor/
SUMMARY:Annual Pilgrimage 2017 - Visit to Newry\, Bessbrook\, Warrenpoint a
 nd Rostrevor
DESCRIPTION:Newry has an important place in Irish Methodism. John Wesley vi
 sited the town 14 times\, first in 1756 and finally in 1789. It was in New
 ry he wrote his sermon ‘The Witness of the Spirit’. The original preac
 hing house was a ‘garret’ but a member\, Mr Scott\, gave a site on Wil
 liam Street for the first chapel in 1785. The present church in Sandys Str
 eet was opened in 1841.\n\nWarrenpoint’s first Methodist church\, ‘a p
 lain slated building’ was built in 1793. In 1797 the famous Rev. Thomas 
 Coke visited the society and when the present church was erected in 1885 (
 designed by W.J. Watson) it was named the Coke Memorial Church.\n\nBessbro
 ok began life as a Quaker settlement and model village. It was built aroun
 d the linen industry in 1845 by the Richardson family to house their worke
 rs. The Methodist chapel was built in 1873. (The English PM preacher\, Tho
 mas Russell\, while stationed in Portadown\, married Elizabeth Richardson)
 .\n\nMethodist work in Rostrevor is largely the result of the Rev. John Gi
 lcriest who\, in retirement in 1890\, began work in the area. Following hi
 s sudden death in 1899\, his family and friends erected the Gilcriest Memo
 rial Methodist Church in 1901 in his memory and to ensure the continuation
  of his work. It was closed in 2007 and sold in 2012. It is now the Church
  Café and Bistro.
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CATEGORIES:Pilgrimage
LOCATION:Newry Methodist Church\, 28 Sandys Street\, Newry\, Co. Down\, BT3
 4 1EN\, United Kingdom
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