St Mary’s and St Luke’s News for 24 July 2022
The Weekly Sheet has this week’s Readings and News on it
Anne Norman
Anne Norman’s funeral is on Monday 1 August, 1:45pm, at St Mary’s and then to the Crematorium. Please remember her family in your prayers at this time.
Blodwen Chesworth
Blodwen Chesworth’s funeral is on Tuesday 2 August, 12 noon, at St Mary’s and then to the Crewe Cemetery. Blod served as a verger at St Mary’s for many years and was a member of the Guild of Vergers. We give thanks for the faithful service that she gave to God through St Mary’s. Please remember her family in your prayers at this time.
Paul’s Final Sunday with us!
Our prayers and best wishes are with Rev Paul, Jan, Lois & William as he takes up his new appointment as the new Incumbent of parishes of St Peter’s Leighton cum Minshull Vernon and St Leonard’s Warmingham.
Paul will be presiding and preaching at St Luke’s at 9am and then preaching at St Mary’s at 10.40am. Do come along if you can to one of his final services, I know he would love to see you.
We will be holding a Farewell Lunch for Paul and his family in the Church Hall at around 12:30pm. We have now closed the list to sign up as we had to order the food. We may be able to fit a few more in, but that’s not guaranteed, if you haven’t booked for the lunch it’s best to email Revd Mike asap and he will let you know if there’s space.
Ladies Afternoon Group
Following our outing to Llandudno last week, we will now be taking a break until 22nd September. We look forward to seeing you all in the Autumn. Ann and Frances.
Glo Cafe at YMCA Crewe – Ghanaian Themed Dinner Party
On Friday 5th August, 6pm-9pm, Glo Cafe at YMCA Crewe will be hosting a special 3 course Ghanaian Themed Dinner Party. £20/head.
Booking essential – for more information and to book your table, call or text Sharon on 07808018964 or book online at Eventbrite.
This is a fundraising event for the YMCA Crewe.
Parish Office opening hours during the summer
The Office will be closed for Holidays from Wednesday 20 July-31 July then open again as usual on 1st August (However please note the office will be open on Fridays 22nd and 29th July during this time). Thank you for your patience!
Why not join us for Morning Prayer on Zoom?
The link is bit.ly/930mp
We begin at 9:30am – usually on a Monday & Thursday, check the online calendar for this week’s services bit.ly/stmcal .
You can also join by phone: 0203 051 2874
Meeting ID: 850 2058 1307 Passcode: 914961
Also, the Church of England Daily Prayer can be found here:
https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
There is also Daily Hope: a free phone line of hymns, reflections and prayers you can call at any time on 0800 804 8044.
St Paul’s Pantry Update
St Paul’s Pantry has provided 164 people with crisis food parcels which represents 80 households. Long life food items are still the main priority, current shortages of tinned meat, tinned vegetables, tinned puddings, UHT milk, cereal, jam, cooking sauces, rice, and pasta. Thank you for all your donations as we are still currently struggling to keep up with demand.
Pray for Ukraine
Resources for personal prayer and reflection for the nation of Ukraine and for peace – click here for our dedicated Blog page
Church Rotas
At St Mary’s, if you’d like to do a Bible Reading or The Intercessions (resources supplied), the August rota is now available in the porch and can be viewed here, please sign up in the porch or email Revd Mike revd.mike@stmaryswistaston.org.uk
Sunday Refreshments
If you would like to join the refreshments team, please sign up via the sheet in the Church Hall or contact Polly or Teresa in the Church Office 01270 567119 or office@stmaryswisaston.org.uk
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