Weekly Information Sheet
The Archdeacon's Visitation
Congratulations to our Warden, Chris Horne, who was admitted to office by Archdeacon Jane on Monday 22 June at St Mary’s Astbury.
St Luke’s Café
Rose Queen News
Our retiring Rose Queen, Poppy, and her Attendant, Alona, would like to thank you for all your help and support over the past year. The total raised for Mary’s Meals for the year is an amazing £1665.00. Our best wishes go to our new Rose Queen, Poppy, and her Attendant, Robyn, for this coming year.
New Church Office hours
The Church Office hours are altering slightly. The office will be now closed on Tuesdays, but will be open longer hours on Wednesday and Thursday now until 2.30pm. (Tuesdays – email correspondence will still be responded to) and Friday remains the same – 9.30am till 12.30pm as usual. Thank you for your understanding.
Men's clothing needed
Britt and Colin are collecting items for a charity café in Crewe that gives free hot food to homeless and needy people. They require men’s clean warm coats, jumpers, jogging trousers, tops, t shirts, socks, trainers & blankets.
Morning Prayer
Please also see The Church of England website where you can find daily prayers at dub.sh/cofedailyprayer
Online Service Resources
Service Orders at St Mary’s can be viewed/downloaded at dub.sh/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
St Mary's Cleaning Rota
if you can spare some time to help with cleaning, please could you add your name to the rota. Thank you.
Choir Vestry Repairs
The Dry Rot repairs in the Choir Vestry.
The whole project has now been quoted at £81,000!
Many thanks for the donations and fund-raising received so far of £18,718. If you would like to donate towards this project please let Revd Mike know. To complete the works we will applying for grants towards the costs.
Chester Diocese E-Bulletin
Did you know that you can receive the latest news and information from Chester Diocese directly in to your inbox twice a month? if you would like to find out more go to chesterdiocese.org/content/e-bulletin
Giving
Our churches rely upon personal giving to keep the ministry, work and fabric of our churches the best they can be.
Below are a few quick links, Click Here to see all the ways you can support the church financially.
Give Securely Online
To give quickly & securely online please click here where you can make a one off or monthly donation.
Gift Aid
If you are a UK Tax Payer you can add 20% to your donation at no extra cost to you. Ask in church for more details.
To give via your bank
You can either make a one off donation or set up a monthly Standing Order via online banking or by going in to a branch.
Here are the details you need
Account Name: St Mary’s Wistaston PCC
Sort Code: 08 92 99
Account No: 65067004
Ref: << your initial & surname>>
Easyfundraising
It sounds too good to be true! Donate to our church whilst shopping! But it’s true! Don’t forget this also applies to big spend items such as holidays or electrical goods.
Thanks to all who those who already support us this way, if you don’t already, please consider using it for online and click and collect, visit here for more info: dub.sh/stmaryseasyfundraising