St Marys and St Lukes News and Resources

The funeral of Edith Ridgway will take place at St Luke’s on Friday 28 April at 2pm. Edith was one the original members of the congregation when St Luke’s opened in 1965. Edith was an Honorary Freewoman of Willaston and the Parish Council, as a mark or respect, will put up large lamppost poppies on Coppice Road recognising that she was a Poppy Appeal collector for over 65 years.

We hope you have picked up one of the booklets with prayers and reflections leading up to the day of King Charles’ Coronation on 6 May, if not pick one up from either church.
On Sunday 7 May we will have services of celebration to commemorate the Coronation at both of our churches, and at St Mary’s we will have cake with the refreshments. The PCC decided that we should encourage people to celebrate locally in the afternoon, to join with neighbours or bigger events in the local area. One such celebration will be at Queens Park, Coronation Picnic in the Park, 2pm to 6pm, however, look out for ‘local to you’ events that may be taking place.

You can also get the Prayers and Reflections from the booklet in to your inbox by signing up here.

We are meeting for our Spring Lunch on April 27th at 12noon at the Tea Lounge Nantwich FC for those who have booked. Looking for to seeing you, Frances. 

The Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) is on Sunday 21 May 2023 at  12 noon in St Mary’s Church followed by a Bring and Share in the Church Hall. The meeting is open to anyone on the church’s Electoral Roll. At the APCM we will be electing 2 Church Wardens, 5 Members to the PCC and 4 Deanery Synod Members. Ahead of the APCM, there is a Revision of the Electoral Roll from 16 to 30 April, as this is only a revision, if you are already on the church’s Electoral Roll, there is no need to reapply. All the details and the relevant forms for the Electoral Roll, Church Warden or PCC nomination are available at both churches and can be found bit.ly/apcminfo

Morning Prayer
on Zoom bit.ly/930mp, 9:30am on Monday & Thursday

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.

Thanks to those who have volunteered to clean at St Mary’s, however, we need some more people to join in. It can be done at any time the church is free, towards the end of the week preferred. There is a cleaning kit and vacuums available and a key safe so as you can clean at a time that suits you. For safety, please do it in pairs.

Thank your continuing generous support for St Paul’s Foodbank. Shortages are: Jam, UHT milk, cereal, rice, long life puddings/cakes. Tinned items: corned beef; pork; fruit; meat meals (chilli con carne, stew); rice pudding; vegetables. Please see the leaflet with the donation/drop off points . 

Resources for personal prayer and reflection for the nation of Ukraine and for peace – click here for our dedicated Blog page

At St Mary’s
Go to bit.ly/stmarysresources or scan the QR code to view Services Orders and the Weekly Sheet on your phone/device. Don’t worry, we will always have printed Weekly Sheets, but if you can do it electronically, it means we can print less as we throw a lot away each week.