Community events

Join us for our series of special events for 

World Poetry Day 2025

A picture of the poet Paul CooksonOn Thursday 20th March at 7pm Paul Cookson will be at Zion URC, bring your children and grandchildren to this one for an evening which will have even more laughter than rhymes. 

Cookson is a talented poet, musician and entertainer who is the poet in residence for the national football museum and the "Poet Laureate" for the rock group Slade. 

His family shows are legendary, and his jokes are even better than his (bang average) ukulele playing - come and see for yourself.

Tickets are £8/5 (concessions) You can pay on the door or book online here.

A picture of the poet Stewart HendersonOn Friday 21st March at 7pm Stewart Henderson and students from Wyke Sixth Form College will be at St Ninian's and St Andrew's URC. 

Join us for an event which celebrates the 70th anniversary of the publication of Philip Larkin's "The Less Deceived". 

Henderson is one of the second wave of Merseyside poets, a contemporary of Roger McGough and others, who has won legions of fans for his thoughtful poetry, songwriting and broadcasting.

Tickets are £8/5 (concessions) You can pay on the door or book online here.

A picture of Adrian and Bridget PlassOn Saturday 22nd March Adrian and Bridget Plass will be at Christchurch Swanland. Come along for an evening which will be full of poems and stories from this veteran Christian writer who manages to bring together great humour with deep insight. 

Plass is a kind of national treasure who only seems to get better as he ages, his most recent book is called "Still Crazy" - which turns out to be true.

Tickets are £8/5 (concessions) You can pay on the door or book online here. 


Churches together in the Avenues 

A special service to bring together all the churches in the Avenues area will be held in Princes Avenue Methodist Church on Sunday 9th March at 6.30 pm. Our minister, Rev'd Dr Simon Cross will be preaching – and worship will be led by representatives of other Avenues churches. Please come along to celebrate unity in diversity, and to find ways to work together to better serve our community.