Rock Ferry
From Sawiki
Captain Eliza Houghton was appointed from London on the 13th March 1882 to Rock Ferry where, on Sunday 2nd April that same year, she opened Corps No: 264 in a disused skating rink on New Chester Road.
The coming of the Army to the town caused quite a stir and early 'War Cry' reports indicate that the rink, seating 1,200 people, was often packed to capacity. The Corps occupied the premises at Booths Yard and then a shop on New Chester Road for several years, moving to the Oriel Road Hall in 1915 where again great things were accomplished for the Lord. The present hall was acquired in 1955 and the addition of the Young People's Hall and band room was made in 1960.
Records of these early days are few but it is clear that they were days of great spiritual fervour and enthusiasm for the Lord's work. The days at Oriel Road Hall are particularly remembered for the wonderful fellowship and the many souls won for God
We live in a rapidly changing world but God never changes and the Corps today still strives, with His help, to retain that original aim and purpose with which Captain Houghton came to Rock Ferry 122 years ago - that of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people in the area and of loving them for His sake.
