St Mary’s & St Luke’s Services, Readings, News & Church at Home Resources for 14 November 2021 – Remembrance Sunday
Revd Ken Sambrook
It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of Revd Ken Sambrook who passed away on Wednesday after a brief spell in hospital.
Ken, a servant of God and our churches, a dear friend to us all, a Sunday School Leader, Reader and Priest, he will be greatly missed. Please keep his family in your prayers.
Revd Mike.
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Weekly Information Sheet
The Weekly Sheet has news and information and the
Readings, Collect and Post Communion Prayer in it for this Sunday.
We have assessed our church’s response to Covid, and the same measures will stay in place for November and will be assessed again ahead of December. Revd Mike.
Shoebox Appeal 2021
This year we are partnering with Teams4u who have been delivering Shoeboxes since 2006.
The deadline for Shoeboxes this year is Wednesday 17 November to St Mary’s Wistaston, they can also be dropped directly to St Mary’s Nantwich. You can download a leaflet from here. Please see the Teams4u website for more information. For more information on what to include and make a box click here. You can also make a donation instead of making a Shoebox here.
Thursday Home Group – The Bible Series: Experience a better story
A 7-part journey through the big story of the Bible for your whole church.
To find out more about our Thursday Home Group please call Howard Barker for more info and to book a place: 07552276587. They are currently at the Bible Course from the Bible Society – all welcome!
The Church Office
This is now open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am-12.30am (please note Monday – we are available but the actual office is closed, but all emails and enquiries will be responded to as normal). It is good to be back! Regards from Polly and Teresa. Office tel number 01270 567119.
We shall be pleased to see you on Thursday 25th. November to hear a talk to be given by Phil Houghton entitled ‘Naval Tales’
Audrey and Marian.
We were unable to hold a fund raising event this year, I am asking members, please would they give a donation, enabling this important work to continue.
On 8 December at St Mary’s we have our annual Carol Service with the Ladies Afternoon Group followed by refreshments in the Church Hall.
Many thanks, Jenny.
After church refreshments have restarted at St Mary’s. We need people who can make drinks and those who can set up the hall up for November & December, please sign up on the rota in the hall or call the office.
The hope is for people in Church of England churches across the country to use the Living in Love & Faith resources to study and pray together. The resources are designed to encourage and enable engagement and learning in a variety of settings. This church-wide learning together, listening to one another, and listening to God is part of discerning a way forward for the Church of England in relation to matters of identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage. The purpose of the resources is to enable the Church of England churches across the country to participate in a process of learning and praying together as part of discerning a way forward in relation to matters of identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage.
Revd Mike, along with the PCC, will be exploring ways to facilitate these discussions in our church community.
You can read more on the Diocesan website and download the free eBook here: bit.ly/livinginloveandfaith
Funerals this past week
Funerals still to take place
Revd Ken Sambrook
Church at Home Resources for all ages
Together @ Home Resources
Faith at Home from the Church of England
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
The Bible Society Bible Book Club
Giving to St Mary’s & St Luke
The church’s finances are under extreme pressure at the moment. I would ask you to review your personal giving to the church. If you already give regularly then perhaps consider increasing your giving, if you don’t give regularly then perhaps consider doing this. I really do appreciate the giving that happens already and the extra giving that has taken place during the pandemic. However, due to the lack of income from not being in church and from not being able to let the church hall, plus our outgoings being fairly fixed, we have lost around £30,000 in the past 12 months. This obviously places us in a difficult and vulnerable financial position. To find out more about giving to church, the ways you can do it, and how you can do it in a tax-efficient way, please take a look below. Please keep our finances in your prayers.
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 you Bank – online or phone
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.
We’ve raised over £1600 through Easyfundraising. For more information on this please click here.
Giving Leaflet with
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