After many years of service for Jesus, Dave passed away on Monday 13 November 2023 and is now with his maker. His dear and much loved wife, Rosemary, who faithfully served Jesus alongside Dave, also passed away on 30 December 2024. His family can be contacted via his daughter (Ruth) at: Ruth.playle@hotmail.com
A note from Dave.
Hi. I’m Dave Playle and I appreciate having the facility for people to visit this site to view the photographs for each chapter of my book. I have been married to Rosemary for almost 60 years. As we near the 80 years old stage, although we are dealing with some health issues that affect how we go about daily life, we are still very much in love, which is great.
This book is about my life, from early days in the East End of London during the second world war and immediately afterwards in 1945 and right up to the present day, here in Greater Manchester.
In 1962 both Rosemary and I had an experience which totally transformed our life. We ‘became Christians’, a phrase that a lot of people may not understand. It simply means we heard the message about Jesus – that He died on the cross for all of us, rose from the grave three days later and lives today in the hearts of those who believe in Him and follow Him in their daily lives. The message rang true for both of us and so we decided to allow Jesus into our lives, asking His forgiveness for our sins and making a life-changing decision to follow Him in whatever way He would lead us.
It has been FANTASTIC, with all the ups and downs that go with the Christian Life. I have been a minister of the Gospel for 52 years. We have served first in local churches and later as missionaries, travelling to Romania for many years as well as visiting other countries, helping indigenous leaders as well as UK workers serving overseas. At the same time we have worked with a number of churches in the UK, helping and supporting leaders as they seek to move forward and take their churches into the future that God has for them. Although we have now retired, we still enjoy doing whatever we can to help in our local church as well as supporting leaders and followers who still come and talk with us.
We have four amazing children, seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren, with another one due in June 2018.
If we can help you in any way, or you have a comment on the book, please get in touch at daveplayle@icloud.com
God bless you and enjoy the journey