The document announces an event at Blackheath United Church where the daughters of Eric Liddell will speak about their father's life and connection to the church. Eric Liddell was an Olympic gold and bronze medalist for Scotland in 1924 and later became a missionary in China, where he was interned in a Japanese prisoner of war camp until his death in 1945. The daughters will share about their recent visit to the former prisoner of war camp on the 70th anniversary of its liberation, where they unveiled a statue of their father Eric Liddell. The event is a fundraiser for the Syrian refugee fund.

3. Friday April 15 at 7:00 PM
Blackheath United Church
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• In 1908 Blackheath Chalmers Presbyterian, now
Blackheath United, sponsored Agnes Hall of
Blackheath as a missionary to China. She married
Hugh MacKenzie in China. He was at that time in
charge of Finance of the Presbyterian Church in
China.
• The two of them served the United Church of
Canada until 1943.
• The eldest of their 7 children, Florence, a nurse,
married Eric Liddell.
• Eric Liddell was the Olympic gold and bronze
medalist for Scotland in
• 1924 and portrayed in the movie “Chariots of Fire”.
His gold medal was a record time which stood for
many years.
• After the Olympics he went to China as a
missionary and served there until 1945. In 1942 he
was interred in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in
China until his death in 1945.
• Two of Eric and Florence’s daughters Patricia Liddell
Russell and Heather Liddell Ingham will tell of their
visit last summer to that P.O.W. camp.
• It was the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the
camp.
• While there, Patricia and Heather unveiled a ‘larger
than life’ statue of their father, Eric Liddell.
Presentation by Eric and Florence
Liddell’s daughters,
Patricia Liddell Russell & Heather
Liddell Ingham
Good Will Offering for
WUM Syrian Refugee Fund

4. Call for Tickets 905-659-7679
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• Saturday, May 7th,
2016
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