Lent 2025
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, 5 March, when we will have two Communion services at St Mary’s, 10am & 7pm, there will also be the opportunity to receive Ashes. During Lent we will be running a Lent Group which invites you on a Virtual Pilgrimage, a journey about faith, devotion, and spiritual growth as we follow Jesus’ footprints via some famous pilgrimage sites all without leaving our seats! We will meet Tuesdays 7:30pm at The Rectory beginning 11 March & Fridays 10am at St Luke’s beginning 14 March, both will run for 5 weeks. The Tuesday and Friday sessions are the same, so you need only attend one. All material supplied, please bring a Bible.
Lent Lunches
Chris & Mike Horne will be doing two Lent Lunches on 5 March & 2 April at 11.30am in the Church Hall. There will be a variety of Soups at £4.50 pp. All welcome!
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.
Ladies Afternoon Group News
Our next meeting will be Thursday 27th February at 2pm – we will have a talk on the History of Crewe Hall with Graham Dodd. Please also can we ask that the deposit of £20 is paid towards our Summer Trip in the next few weeks. Also, a date for your diary, this year’s Lent Service at St Mary’s will be on Thursday 27thMarch. Thank you, Frances.
Motherwell 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.
Choir Vestry Dry Rot Investigations
The exploratory work has been completed we await the report.
Electoral Roll 2025
Notice is given that under the Church Representation Rules 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 this year is on Sunday 6 April in St Mary’s at 12 noon followed by a Bring ‘n’ Share lunch in the Church Hall. More details to follow nearer the time.
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 this week is on Tuesday & Thursday.
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.
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
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