St Mary’s and St Luke’s News and Information for 09 March 2025: Lent 1

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Lent Groups

Lent Groups begin this Tuesday 11 March 7:30pm at The Rectory (104 Church Lane, CW2 8ER) & Friday 14 March 10am at St Luke’s (Coppice Road, Willaston), both will run for 5 weeks. The Tuesday & Friday sessions are the same, so you need only attend one. All material supplied, please bring a Bible. 
If you are planning to attend this week you may want to mark these readings in your Bible beforehand: Matthew 3:1-17, Hebrews 10:22-24, Philippians 4:4-9, Isaiah 40:25-31.

Lent Soup Lunches

Thank you to Chris & Mike for the wonderful Lent Lunch last week which raised £142.00 for church funds. The next Lent Lunch this Wednesday 2 April in the Church Hall at 11.30am, a variety of soups at £4.50pp.

Ladies Afternoon Group

We had very informative talk on the History of Crewe Hall courtesy of Graham Dodd. 
Please join us at our Lent Service at St Mary’s on Thursday 27 March at 2pm, followed by refreshments. There will be a Raffle to help raise funds for `Her Place` (Motherwell Charity) Thank you, Frances.

Her-Place Crewe Women’s Day 

Christian Aid Sponsored Swim

Christian Aid Sponsored Swim is on 15 March at 5pm at the Crewe Lifestyle Centre. Sarah Turnbull has a sponsor form if you wish to support our young people. 

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. If you would like to pledge a donation towards this project please let Revd Mike know.

Electoral Roll 2025

A new Church Electoral Roll is being prepared, every person who wishes to have his or her name entered on the new Roll, whether it is entered on the present Roll or not, is requested to apply for enrolment not later than 16 March 2025. Our Electoral Roll Officers are Sue & Bob Squirrell, please ask them for assistance if needed. New Electoral Roll forms are available in church and via our website at bit.ly/apcminfo.

Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) 2025

Our APCM is on Sunday 6 April in St Mary’s at 12 noon followed by a Bring ‘n’ Share lunch.
We will be appointing 2 Wardens and electing 5 PCC Members. If you are interested in standing all the forms needed are available at both churches. Please speak to Revd Mike if you’d like further information. 

Her-Place Period Poverty Collection Point

You may have seen this in the porch of the Church Hall, in it you can donate period products as well as other young girl’s and women’s hygiene products. Thanks in advance. 

Are you interested in Scouting History?

If so, Wistaston Scout Centre, Elm Close, Wistaston, Crewe CW2 8RU, are holding a ‘Journey of Scouting History from 1907 to more recent times’, all as presented by the South West Cheshire District history team on the weekend of 15/16 March. Doors open at 10am each day, closing at 1700 on Saturday and 1600 on Sunday. Admission free, refreshments available, donations welcome.

Chester Diocese Website

Chester Diocesan website (chester.anglican.org) is well worth a visit to find out what’s happening around the diocese including news and events. 

Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer, 9:30am on Zoom: bit.ly/930mp only on Thursday this week.
There is 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.

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.