During Lockdown
To keep us all safe, our church buildings are closed for Public Worship for the time being
Worship & Prayer for this Sunday and the coming week
Online
7 February 2nd Sunday before Lent
10:40 am Live Streamed Worship from St Mary’s
(stream begins at 10:30am)
NEW: dial into the Sunday Morning Service
Just before 10:40am call: 0203 051 2874
Meeting ID: 838 7878 9259
Participant ID: #
Passcode: 567119
Morning Prayer – Mon, Tues, Wed & Thursday
Online only on Zoom – bit.ly/930mp
NEW: dial into Morning Prayer
Tel: 0203 051 2874
Meeting ID: 850 2058 1307
Participant ID (if asked): #
Passcode: 914961
Next Sunday 14 February Sunday before Lent
10:40 am Live Streamed Worship from St Mary’s
(stream begins at 10:30am)
For the Junior Church on Zoom
Revd Mike will send a registration link
5pm Looking ahead to Lent:
Shrove (Pancake) Tuesday
Click below to view our channels
Junior Church
Together at Home Family Resources Sheet for this week. Plus, there is more info below – click here.
It in envisaged that our church buildings will remain closed during February. However, we will continue to monitor the situation using Cheshire East Public Health data, and we will open up once the local Covid-19 data suggests it’s safe to do so. Revd Mike & the Wardens.
The Junior Church had a fantastic Zoom Christingle on Sunday 31 January.
We thought about Candlemas and heard the story of Simeon & Anna meeting the baby Jesus in the temple.
We thought about the work of the Children’s Society and we made our Christingles and lit them!
Thanks to all who came. Revd Mike.
We have an online Ash Wednesday Service at 7:30pm to begin Lent.
For Lent resources and activities, including a Lent Zoom (video & phone) get together please click here.
Previous
Next
The February/March magazine is available to view online and download and print.
There are many interesting articles in it including an article from Frank Morton (Tower Captain) on the centenary of the heaviest bells in the tower.
We love to have your articles! You can submit an article through the Magazine Menu button above selecting Submit an Item or email: magazine@stmaryswistaston.blog
Also, the February Chester Diocesan News is available on the Diocesan Website: click here to view/download.
From St Paul’s Pantry (Crewe Foodbank)
Here’s our monthly Foodbank data for January:-
- Donations of food received weighed 1710kg and we were able to help 281 people during the month
If you are able to donate, we are currently running low on long life milk, tinned meat pies, tinned fruit, tinned carrots/sweetcorn, instant noodles, instant/cup a soup, meat/paste for sandwiches and long life cakes/puddings. We are open Monday to Friday between 9.30am and 3.30pm for donations at our rear entrance.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Best Wishes,
John Rivers
Communications & E-Commerce Co-ordinator
St. Paul’s Centre, Hightown, Crewe. CW1 3BY Tel: 01270 586186
Funerals
Funerals this past week:
John Salmon
In the coming weeks
Peter Williamson
Please keep their families in your prayers.
From the Church of England - a downloadable personal resource for you or someone you know who needs it
Previous
Next
Daily Hope, a free national telephone line, offers music, prayers and reflections as well as full worship services from the Church of England at the end of the phone.
Giving to our church Online or by Phone Banking
It's simpler than you may think
Online One off giving
You can give via our very simple online giving partnership with Give a Little and Sum Up. Simply click the button below. Sum Up take a small transaction fee from what you give.
Giving via your bank
You can give via your bank via online banking or telephone banking. If you do it this way we receive 100% of the money you give, there is no transaction fee. Here are the details you need to make a payment directly into the church bank account. For phone banking you may need to take a look at a statement from your bank and it normally has the details of how to do this on the back. You can give once or set up a monthly payment. Please remember to never give passwords over the phone and only call the official number on your statement.
Account Name: St Mary’s Wistaston PCC
Sort Code: 08 92 99
Account No: 65067004
Ref: your initial & surname
Easyfundraising
A very simple way to give, if you shop online or do click and collect, is through Easyfundraising – it doesn’t cost you a penny as by using Easyfundraising a percentage of what you but gets given to the church.
In total we’ve raised over £1600 through Easyfundraising. For more information on this please click here.
Giving Leaflet with further information on giving at St Luke's & St Mary's
Click on the image to view/download the leaflet.
Church at Home Resources for all ages
Our next Zoom online event for our Junior Church is:
Looking ahead to Lent and looking at Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)
On Sunday 14 February at 5pm
Revd Mike will send the Junior Church parents an email with a registration link
There are resources for Lent for all the family on our Lent Resources Page: Click here.
There are resources for Lent for all the family on our Lent Resources Page: Click here.
Junior Church Resources
Faith at Home from the Church of England
This is a great resource for families to keep their children’s faith alive at this time.
Faith at Home is a national campaign that builds on the work of Growing Faith and Everyday Faith to support the faith development and pastoral care of children and young people. Click Here to go to the Faith at Home website.
A bitesize Bible experience from the Ollerton Family
Through 15 minute sessions explore famous characters and events that form The Greatest Story Ever and discover how we can be part of it today. Simple to run. Fun. Free. No prior knowledge required. This family devotional course mixes online content (videos, readings, discussion) and printed cards to form a colourful learning experience in your own home.
https://thegreateststoryever.org
https://thegreateststoryever.org
The Bible Society
Bible Book Club
This is a fantastic free resource which we’ve used for some of the Midweek Get Togethers and is great for personal use to discover more about the books of the bible. Please take a look at the video and click here to find out more.
Did you know that you can print this Newsletter?
If you would like to print this Newsletter for yourself or perhaps someone who can’t access the internet then you can! To do this simply click the green Print & PDF button at the top right of every post and follow the instructions. Don’t forget if you are sharing paper with someone do it safely and hygienically.