St Mary’s and St Luke’s News & Information for 05 November 2023 – All Saints Day
The Weekly Sheet has this week’s Readings and News on it
Annual Commemoration Service
Our annual Commemoration Service is this Sunday 5 November at 6pm at St Mary’s. The service is open to anyone who would value remembering a loved one who they have lost recently. All welcome!
Annual Shoebox Appeal
Thanks for the great response so far, just a reminder that the deadline for drop-off at St Mary’s is 12 November.
Once again this year we are partnering with Teams4U, based in Wrexham, to donate Christmas Shoeboxes to Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Bosnia and Romania.
For more info, or to fill an online Shoebox, please got to the Teams4U website: teams4u.com
Sidespeople Needed
Help is needed on 4th Sundays at St Mary’s. We need a couple of Sidespeople to cover the 4th Sundays. If this is something you’d be interested in doing, please chat with either of our Wardens, Sue or Chris.
Pickles, Chutneys, Jams and Christmas puddings
St Mary’s Christmas Fair- Sunday 10 December in the Church Hall after Service. Chris & Mike will again be providing their wonderful home produce of Pickles, Chutneys, Jams, Christmas Puddings and also the Hyacinths Bowls at £6.
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer on Zoom bit.ly/930mp, 9:30am
on Tuesday & Thursday this week.
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.
Remembrance Day
Both of our churches will be holding an Act of Remembrance within our services on Sunday 12 November .
The Bible Study & Prayer Group
Tuesday Bible study group will meet on 7 & 21 November & Prayer Group is on the first Thursday of each Month. Jenny V.
The Church Hall will be closed from Monday 13 November for 6 days (as long as all the work goes well), whilst the kitchen undergoes a refurb. The Office will remain open as normal.
After church refreshments at St Mary’s
We have refreshments in the Church Hall following the service at St Mary’s.
Foodbank Reverse Advent Calendar
St Paul’s Foodbank Reverse Advent Calendar. The idea is simply is to ask families, individuals, households and community groups to collect an item of long-life food per day from 1 to 24 November. Please click the image below to view/download the Reverse Advent Calendar. Many thanks for your continued support.
Easyfundraising
Please help St Mary’s to win 1 of 3 donations of £3000 prize fund in #easyfundraising’s new epic Refer to Win giveaway! We will get a free entry for each new supporter who signs up, its quick, and free to sign up: see link below bit.ly/stmaryseasyfundraising
Online Service Resources
Service Orders at St Mary’s can be viewed/downloaded at bit.ly/serviceorders or scan the QR Code to the left.
The Weekly Sheet is available at the top of this Blog page.
We will continue have printed Weekly Sheets available, but if you can do it electronically, it means we can print less and not throw as much away.
Our Church Relies upon Personal Giving to Keep Going
To give quickly & securely online click here or scan the QR Code
Click the button below to see the ways that you can help.
Or Click this link: https://www.stmaryswistaston.org.uk/giving.html