St Mary’s and St Luke’s News and Information for 31 May 2026 – Trinity Sunday

Weekly Information Sheet

Confirmation Service 7 June at 10:40am

Our Confirmation Service at St Mary’s on Sunday 7 June at 10:40am. Come and support our candidates: Darryl, Jake, Jane & Victoria. Following the service there will be tea/coffee & cake in the Church Hall.
If you have offered a cake please drop it to the Church Hall by 10:15am. 
Also we need some help with the refreshments, please let Sarah Turnbull know if you can help with this.

Help with preparing the Church for the Confirmation service

We need help arranging the flowers in Church on Saturday 6 June between 10am-12pm. Experience is not necessary but bringing secateurs or scissors would be appreciated. Please let Hilary know if you are able to come along. 

 Try Alpha this June! There’s a seat for you. Alpha begins on Wednesday 10 June, 7.30pm to 9pm and it will run for six weeks at St Luke’s Church, Coppice Road, Willaston. CW5 6QA. There are info/registration leaflets in both churches or you can go to stmaryswistaston.org.uk/alpha
for more information and an online registration.

Upcoming Community Events

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.

Women Ignited Together

All women are invited to a walk on Monday 22 June meeting at the Rectory 104 Church Lane at 1.30 we will walk around Joey the Swan and then to the Woodside for drinks (pudding optional) for more info see Rachael Rivers or Sarah Turnbull.

Church Men's Group Social Evening

Church Men’s Group 26 June at 7.30pm. You are invited to Ebenezers (Nantwich Rd) for a beer followed by a meal. All men welcome. Please RSVP via the Men’s Group WhatsApp so I can book a table at a restaurant. Cheers. Howard.

Cleaning at St Mary’s

We are short on volunteers, if you can spare some time to help with cleaning, please could you add your name to the rota. Thank you.

St Luke’s Café

The next Café at St Luke’s will be on Saturday 4th July, 10am to 12 noon with a summer theme, everyone welcome! 🍓

Morning Prayer

An update from the printed sheet, Morning Prayer is taking a break this week and will return on 2 June. 
In the meantime please 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

We are short on volunteers,

if you can spare some time to help with cleaning, please could you add your name to the rota. Thank you.

Choir Vestry Repairs

UPDATE
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