St Mary’s and St Luke’s News & Information for 28 April 2024 – Easter 5
The Weekly Sheet has the weekly Readings and News on it
Visit to St Mary’s by Bishop Sam
On the Sunday 2 June Bishop Sam, Bishop of Stockport, will be joining us at St Mary’s at 10:40am. During his visit he will be receiving Rachael Rivers into the Communion of the Church of England. This is required before she is licensed as a Reader at Chester Cathedral on Saturday 12 October. Do come and meet Bishop Sam and support Rachael.
Defibrillator for St Mary’s Church
Thanks to people’s generosity we now have a Defibrillator (AED) at St Mary’s. It is in the Choir Vestry. It is a semi-automatic version and is designed to be as easy as possible to use. The Defib will tell you how to use it so even if you’ve never been trained you should use it if needed. Here is a handy guide of how and when to use a Defib and there is a St John’s Ambulance video that can be viewed here: bit.ly/usingadefib
Men’s Group
Men’s Group – 7.30pm Friday 7 June 2024. Please join us at the Leopard [London Road, Nantwich] for beer [non-alcoholic options are available] and afterwards we will go for an Indian or Thai meal [or we could eat in the Leopard]. Open to all men over the age of 18. Feel free to bring male family and friends. No need to RSVP – see you there! Howard
Christian Aid Week is 12–18 May
Sarah and I will be in touch with our regular collectors over the next couple of weeks to check if they can help this year, if you’d like to know more and how you can help, please speak to Sarah or Mike Turnbull.
Would you like to read a Bible Reading or Lead the Intercessions at St Mary’s?
St Mary’s May Rota for Reading and Prayers are in the porch and online, to view them online click here. Thanks to all those who regularly 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 you 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 & Thursday this week.
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.
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