Dozens of families came to St Mary’s to hear the fairground organ, send their teddy on a zip wire and view the steam engines and other historic vehicles. There was also an opportunity to operate model trains, join a Scalextric race and relax with tea, coffee and cakes. There is […]
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Join us on the first Sunday of every month, from 10.15 in the Lighthouse, for our monthly informal, interactive Café Church for all ages. The next Café Church is on 3 November. At the Café Church on 6 October we looked at the story of Job under the title “Bad […]
Dates for your diary – Autumn 2024 is shaping up to be a busy time! Don’t miss Café Church on 1 September on the awesomeness of creation and what that tells us about God. On 13 September, David Dean, the Chief Partnership Coordinator of Barnabas Aid, will be describing the […]
On Friday 30th August at 7.30pm, the speaker in the Lighthouse is the Bishop of Stockport. Bishop Sam Corley will tell us about his recent visit to the Solomon Islands as part of the Diocese of Chester link with the Anglican Church of Melanesia. This church is one of the […]
John Freeman is one of ten new Lay Canons who have been appointed at Chester Cathedral, Instituted by the Bishop and Installed into their seats by the Dean on Sunday 28th July. Each Canon will now occupy, for as long as they hold their title, one of the Cathedral’s fourteenth […]
Three members of St Mary’s are among the first OWLs – Occasional Worship Leaders – to be trained by the diocese. Following interviews with Vicar Paul and approval by the ECC, Jerry and Sue Marshall and Gillian Edwards will be helping out at St Mary’s services. Jerry and Sue were interviewed […]
After a couple of weeks of silence, the bells were ringing again on Sunday 26th May 2024 after their trip to John Taylor & Co in Loughborough. As well as rebushing (replacing the bearing surface which the clappers swing on) the worn flats on the clapper balls were machined off […]
Many thanks to the Young People’s Fellowship families who brought delicious food and extra paddleboards to Jerry & Sue’s house for an afternoon on the river. Congratulations to the young people who managed to create a paddleboard snake under the guidance of Yvonne and didn’t seem to mind getting wet! […]
Vicar Paul Withington and Church Warden Colin Weeks will be among hundreds of “Distinguished Gentlemen” donning their finery and mounting their bikes to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer research and men’s mental health. Colin and Paul write: “On Sunday the 19th of May 2024, we’re riding in The […]
We will not be ringing bells for a couple of weeks. The clappers will be removed from the bells and returned to Taylors of Loughborough to be “rebushed”. The bells will not be ringing from Tuesday May 7th for the next couple of weeks, hopefully we will have them back […]