Pause for Hope service

Pause for Hope

A Pause for Hope service of prayer and music, for all those affected by cancer, will be held in St. Dunstan’s Church High Street Kings Heath on Sunday 16 October at 3.00pm. Organised by Churches Together in Kings Heath, it is an opportunity to remember loved ones, pray for patients, carers, medical professionals, and those searching for the cure to cancer.

Car park access via Institute Road.

Contact Deacon David Fairbotham Catholic Parish of St. Dunstan and St. Jude Kings Heath and Maypole for more information.

0121 242 5641 or fairbo28@gmail.com

Extract from Pause for Hope website www.pauseforhope.org.uk

Who We Are & What We Do

The initiative came from retired thoracic surgeon Professor Ray Donnelly, MBE FRCS, Founder and President of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. He was supported by Bro Ken Vance SJ and other cancer charities including Marie Curie Cancer Care, The Lily Centre, Alder Hey, The Linda McCartney Centre, Macmillan Cancer Support, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust, The North West Cancer Research Fund, Sunflowers and Woodlands Hospice.

​The ecumenical service was first held in 1999 and since then services have been held annually in Liverpool, in either the Anglican or Roman Catholic Cathedral. Representatives of the Salvation Army and other free churches on Merseyside have taken part in all the services.

The service has proved to be very popular and is attended by many of the civic dignitaries. In 2009 Pause for Hope began a partnership with BBC Radio Merseyside, resulting in even greater community involvement, further increased in 2010 by a new partnership with the Liverpool Echo.

​Annual services are now held in various locations including Lampeter, Chester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Clitheroe and Belfast.