Author: Holywell Church

Helen has been a leading member of Holywell Spiritualist Church since the beginning. She has held a number of roles in the church including Vice President for 30 years, Booking Secretary for 10 Years and Treasurer for 12 years.

We asked Helen for her story and this is what she said …..

“I have been a Spiritualist all my life. My mother used to take me to the local church where I lived in London as a child. I remembered getting a message when I was about 10 years old that was very accurate and thinking to myself that whatever problems I might have in my life, I would always be able to overcome them through the religion, a view that has proved right on so many occasions.

When I was older, I joined a circle with many talented and sincere people. They taught me a lot and later I became a medium myself.

I love the philosophy and have a very special guide that speaks through me, giving a lovely insight to eternal life, his words are full of love and uplifting and can be very inspiring in times of need.

I also do some clairvoyance but this is not something I have the same love for. When I give readings, I see everything in pictures and have to interpret them.

I have been with the church since the beginning, getting to know Beryl and Ernie when they were training to become healers. Two wonderful people, we owe much to their generosity. It has been a wonderful journey watching the church go from strength to strength making many friends and meeting interesting people. Long may it remain a place of love, healing and light.”

The church looked absolutely lovely in the Divine Service this evening during the service with our own Helen Jones on the platform.

Yesterday, several volunteers gave of their time to hang Xmas decorations. We would like to thank Ralph, Alan, Carol, Lisa and the twins, Dianne and Julia and her daughter and especially Lacey.

Each year at this time, we invite visitors to the church to consider donating a gift to be placed under the tree. Plaease mark the gift for a boy or girl and for what age the gift is suitable. After the Carol Service on the 18th of December, the gifts are gathered up by Ralph and taken to a local refuge. These gifts make Christmas memorable for those children who are without homes. Thank you so much.

The history of Holywell Christian Spiritualist Church is fascinating.

The Church was founded by Beryl and Ernie Springall (both now deceased). Beryl and Ernie originally came from London. Both suffered from ill-health at the time. Beryl visited a Healer in Gobowen after Doctors told her that following an operation, she had a 50/50 chance of being paralysed. Beryl was healed by the Healer and as a result, Beryl and Ernie decided to look into Spiritualism.

On visiting a spiritualist Church in Rhyl, Ernie received a message that he would “have a Church of his own”. This message gave them both great uplifment considering Bernie had suffered from several heart attacks and gave him the reassurance that he was going to survive his illness.

From that time on, Beryl and Ernie undertook healer training and gave healing to others in their Bungalow just up the hill from the Church. They then took their healing work to a Church in Brynford. But they were ideally looking for a Church of their own. A meeting with an architect 32 years ago proved to be a real milestone! The architect had seen that there was a barn in their grounds and suggested to Beryl and Ernie that he could come up with drawings to convert it into a Church! A small committee of 6 members came together to fund raise to fund the conversion. They held Clairvoyant Evenings and other events and put all the funds that were raised into the founding of the Church. Many kind volunteers gave of their time to work on furnishing and decorating the Church. As a result of this success story the Church was inaugurated 30 years ago by the The Greater World Christian Spiritualist Organisation to which we are still affiliated today.

The founders, Beryl and Ernie moved to Scarborough soon after this and gifted the Church to the committee on a 99 year lease.

The photograph above shows the interior of the Church all those years ago before conversion work commenced. The result of all the dedicated hard work that went into its founding is the beautiful Church we all enjoy today. The anniversary of the Church is celebrated every year in a poignant service taken by Church Vice President Helen Jones. Not only is the Church used for healing and divine services but it is also used for naming ceremonies, weddings and funerals.

Comments on any memories you have on the church over the years are welcome.

The Church will be closing the doors for 2016 following the Carol Service on the 18 December and reopening with the Divine Service 8 January 2017.

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Welcome to the new website for Holywell Spiritualist Chuch and Healing Sanctuary. The site has been developed to promote the different faces of the church (spiritualist church, healing sanctuary and spiritual centre) and the wealth of events and services that it hosts.

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