St Mary’s and St Luke’s News & Information for 24 March 2024 – Palm Sunday
The Weekly Sheet has the weekly Readings and News on it
Holy Week & Easter Services
Easter Invites Distribution this Saturday 23 March…
If you can give an hour or so to help deliver the Easter invites to the local area then please meet at The Rectory (104 Church Lane) at 10am on Saturday 23 March. Thanks in advance.
If you can’t make it on Saturday… and have some time this coming week and can deliver a few invites, then please add the name of the road(s) you’re delivering to and your name to the sheet in the porch at St Mary’s and take what you need. Alternately, email Revd Mike who will add you name and road to the list and supply invites for you. Thanks in advance!
Walk of Witness in Crewe
Good Friday 29th March, Walk of Witness. 10:45am at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, St Mary’s Street, Crewe for a time of prayer and worship before we go onto the streets. 11:00am – Walk of Witness into Crewe town centre, followed at 12pm by the Crucifixion on Victoria Square (near Asda).
Readings for Holy Week & Easter
Thanks to all those who came forward and offered to read on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, we now have all the readers needed. However, if you’d like to be a ‘spare‘ for Good Friday please let Revd Mike know.
We still need two Readers for Easter Day at St Mary’s – the rota is in the porch, we also have availability in April too.
St Mary’s: Decoration for Easter – all welcome
St Mary’s Church will be decorated for Easter on Saturday 30th March 9.30-10.30am. All are welcome to help, no experience required. Thanks, Di Carter 01270 661583.
Lent Group – thank yous
Thanks to all those who attended the Lent Groups this year and many thanks to Lin Parker who ran the St Luke’s Lent Group. The course went really well and enabled a lot of great discussions.
Ladies Afternoon Group
The Spring Lunch on 25th April at the tea rooms at Nantwich Football ground please see Pam or myself asap. Many thanks. Frances.
Annual Parochial Church Meeting: Sunday 14 April at 12 noon
Our Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) is on Sunday 14 April at 12 noon in St Mary’s Church followed by a Bring and Share in the Church Hall. The Agenda & Reports will be available in church and online from Sunday 31 March. At the APCM we will be appointing two wardens for the coming year and electing five members to the PCC, please see Revd Mike for more info. Ahead of the APCM, there has been a Revision of the Church Electoral Roll which finishes, today, 24 March. As this is only a revision, if you are already on the church’s Electoral Roll, there is no need to reapply. Whilst the Roll closes for new inclusions before the APCM, you can join it at anytime following the APCM. All the details and the relevant forms are available at both churches and can be found at bit.ly/apcminfo
Christian Aid Sponsored Swim
UPDATE: we had twelve swimmers who swam a total of 718 lengths ranging from 44 to 100 lengths over 2 hours. We raised, from St Mary’s and St Luke’s, £571.00. Thanks to all who took part and sponsored!
After Church Refreshments at St Mary’s
We have some gaps over the next few weeks on the Refreshments Rota at St Mary’s. They are: 31 March, 14 April & 28 April. The most pressing of these is 31 March which is of course Easter Sunday. If you can do one of these please sign up on the Rota in the Church Hall or email Revd Mike: revd.mike@stmaryswistaston.org.uk.
Would you like to read a Bible Reading or Lead the Intercessions at St Mary’s?
St Mary’s April Rota is in the porch and online, to view it click here. Thanks to all those who read the bible readings & lead the intercessions at both our churches.
If you would like to add your name to the Rota, you can do it in church or email Revd Mike (you can view the Rota and see what slots are available here). However, if are not sure about whether you should do it, or have concerns about doing it, please speak to Rachael or Mike who are happy to help.
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer on Zoom bit.ly/930mp, 9:30am, Tuesday only this week, then a break until 9 April.
There is also the Church of England Daily Prayer which can be found here: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
And Daily Hope: a free phone line of hymns, reflections and prayers you can call at any time on 0800 804 8044.
St Mary’s Cleaning Rota
The St Mary’s Cleaning Rota needs some new volunteers and people to sign up. The Rota is in the porch of the church – please consider signing up to keep St Mary’s looking fantastic. See a Warden for more details.
Easyfundraising
Please use Easyfundraising to raise money for St Mary’s for free. If you already have us as a cause then remember to activate the donation. If this is new to you, it’s simple, and you can help St Mary’s & St Luke’s, its quick, and free to sign up: see link below bit.ly/stmaryseasyfundraising It costs you nothing, but raises money for our churches.
The Church Office
The Church Office will be closed for Holidays on Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 & Friday 28 of March and will be back open on Friday 7 April.
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
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