Men’s Get Together
Revd Mike invites you to a men’s evening at the Rectory, 104 Church Lane, CW2 8ER on Friday 11 July at 7:30pm. Please bring with you a drink which you enjoy and a savoury snack to share. We will have a quiz courtesy of Nigel Simms and an opportunity for a chat and maybe make some plans for what we’d like to do for social, spiritual and fun events.
Rose Queen Cake Sale – this Sunday!
Our new Rose Queen, Poppy, assisted by her attendant, Alona, will be holding a Cake Sale in the Church Hall following St Mary’s service this Sunday (6 July). She will be raising money for her charity, Mary’s Meals.
The Alpha Course
The Alpha Course continues this Wednesday, 7:30pm at St Luke’s. On Week 5 we will be thinking about, Why and How Do I Pray?
Messy Church on Sunday 10 August at 10:40am
After the success of the last Messy Church we are holding another one, this time as our Sunday morning service and it will be held in the Church Hall.
Messy Church is for everyone and we’d love to see you there. We will be exploring the theme of God’s generosity and there will be craft, singing, Bible Stories and fun, whatever your age, do come along and join in the fun and worship.
We will finish with a picnic, please bring your own with you, drinks will be provided.
Summer Maintenance Jobs at St Mary’s
In the Rota File in St Mary’s porch there is a list of outdoor maintenance jobs at St Mary’s that would be good to get done during the summer months.
Simply sign up on the sheet for the job you’d like to do and do it in your own time. Thanks in advance.
Choir Vestry Repairs
The Dry Rot repairs in the Choir Vestry will cost in the region of £19,000 to repair. However, add to this roof repairs, plastering, painting and professional fees, the whole project could be in the region of £30,000. Many thanks for the donations received so far totalling £6,124.07, if you would like to make a donation towards this project please let Revd Mike know.
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer, 9:30am on Zoom: bit.ly/930mpis on Tuesday & Thursday this week.
We can highly recommend the Church of England Daily Prayer at bit.ly/cofeprayer and Daily Prayer app – search your device’s App Store to find it and Daily Hope: a free phone line of hymns, reflections and prayers you can call at any time on 0800 804 8044.
NEW Chester Diocese Website
Chester Diocesan have a new website at chesterdiocese.org. Why not take a look and find out what’s happening around the diocese including news and events.
Church Office closed for Annual Holidays
Please note that the Office will be closed from Thursday 10th July (open Friday 18th) – until Thursday 24th July. Thank you for your understanding.
Online Service Resources
Service Orders at St Mary’s can be viewed/downloaded at bit.ly/serviceorders.
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.
Easyfundraising
Thanks to all who support us this way, it costs you nothing, please consider using it for online and click and collect, visit here for more info: bit.ly/stmaryseasyfundraising
Giving
Thanks to all who support us this way, it costs you nothing, please consider using it for online and click and collect, visit here for more info: bit.ly/stmaryseasyfundraising
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