St Mary’s and St Luke’s News & Information for 31 March 2024 – Easter Sunday
The Weekly Sheet has the weekly Readings and News on it
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Services
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).
Easter Invites Distribution – thank you!
Thanks to all those that delivered the Easter Invites on Saturday and this week. Altogether we delivered to around 900 homes!!
St Mary’s: Decoration for Easter – all welcome
**This Saturday** 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.
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 are available in church and online from bit.ly/apcminfo. If you can access the report online then it saves a lot of printing for the church. 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. There has been a Revision of the Church Electoral Roll which finished on 24 March and a copy is in the porch of St Mary’s. More details and the relevant forms are available at both churches and can be found at bit.ly/apcminfo
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.
After Church Refreshments at St Mary’s
Please join us in the Church Hall following the service for refreshments.
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 is taking a break until 9 April.
However, there is the excellent Church of England Daily Prayer which can be found here: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
Also 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 is closed for Holidays and will reopen Friday 5 April . Thank you for your understanding.
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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Click the button below to see the ways that you can help.
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