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Can you help with Street Pastors?

We are part of a national team first pioneered in 2003, and Street Pastors continues to grow throughout the UK and across the world.  Street pastors are trained volunteers from local churches and we care about our community.  We are usually on patrol from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. on a Friday or Saturday night to care for, listen to and help…

Church opening

For some time, the PCC have been preparing to open up the church building, daily, during daylight hours, starting in the Spring. To make this work well, we need a team of people who would be willing to unlock and or lock up on particular days. Please talk with Peter Nichols if you think you may be able to help.

Covenant Prayer

Covenant prayer (new wording) Methodist Worship Book I am no longer my own but yours. Your will, not mine, be done in all things, wherever you may place me, in all that I do and in all that I may endure; when there is work for me and when there is none; when I am troubled and when I am at peace.…

January Prayer Diary

The January prayer diary is now published and can be viewed and downloaded here. If you would like to receive weekly updates on items such as this, why not subscribe?  [wysija_form id=”1″]merit royal hotel casinorussian translation i love youPHL22 Durango Smoke Greybmw x3 car cover australia

Congratulations Revd. Libby Lane: Bishop of Stockport

Downing Street have today (17th December 2014) announced that the new Bishop of Stockport – and the first woman bishop in the Church of England – will be the Revd Libby Lane, currently Vicar of St Peter’s, Hale, and St Elizabeth’s, Ashley. As Bishop of Stockport she will serve as a suffragan (assistant) bishop in the Diocese of Chester. She will be…

Christmas starts with a baby’s giggle

The 2014 Christmas supermarket and retail ads make claim to the ‘magic’ of Christmas. But it’s not celebrities singing about turkeys, nostalgic chocolate bars or happy penguins that lie at the heart of the season. The Christmas starts with Christ campaign, thought it was time to produce a Christmas advert that shows where the feel good…

Crib Service

If any children would like to be part of the tableau for the re-telling of the Christmas story at the Crib Service, would they / their parents please talk with Ruth, Rhoda or Ian.oyun casinorussian keyboard softwarePanasonic Evoltasous vetement femme ronde pas cherBinary Options Auto Trading ReviewMotor Car

Advent: the adventure starts

Many thanks to all those who prepared, helped, created Christingles and ensured the children had fun on the Craft Morning and cleaned up too!  Great fun was had by all and wonderful art created with old milk bottle tops.  A very busy Christingle service followed on Sunday and was busy, noisy, emotional and thought provoking all at the same time! [Not a valid…

Christmas starts with Christ…not a penguin!

The Christmas story has been around for a long time, but today it’s being forgotten. Just 12 per cent of adults know the nativity story, and more than one-third of children don’t know whose birthday it is. Meanwhile, 51 per cent of people now say the birth of Jesus is irrelevant to their Christmas. Together…