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Items put into the time capsule included were photos of the church over the years, flyers from the Bible talks over the year, a copy of the Lancaster Guardian newspaper to provide a snapshot of the culture in 2025, a sermon preached at the opening of the new church building in March 2025, a Moorlands pen, and finally, a letter written “from Moorlands church of 2025 to Moorlands church of 2055”.

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