St Mary's Whitegate

Notices

Christmas Raffle

A numbered list is available at the back of church at £1 per slot.
1st Prize A Christmas Hamper
2nd Prize Christmas Cake & Bottle of Whisky
3rd Prize 6 Flutes & Bottle of Prosecco
The draw will be made after the morning service on the
15th December

Also guess the name of the doll 2 guesses for £1. The winner will
also be announced on the
15th December

Thank You

Linda & Chris would like to thank everyone who supported the
Advent Lunch on Tuesday.
Special thanks to Alan, Pam,
Howard & Martine for their help in serving, and to Andrew for coming to play the keyboard.
£168.97 was raised for church funds but most importantly a super afternoon full of friendship and
fellowship was had by all.

Christmas Cards

The Christmas card boxes are at the back of St Mary’s. Could you please remember to check the
boxes weekly so that we are not left with cards at the end of the
season. Thank you.

St Mary’s Churchyard

Advance notice - there will a
working party to tidy up the Churchyard at St Mary's on
Saturday 25th January
9.30-11.00am. We need to move some fallen stones and also clear the Churchyard of Christmas items. Please come along to help keep our Churchyard safe and tidy.

Save your stamps for the RNIB

We're taking part in a nationwide appeal this year for the stamps from your Christmas cards. There will be a collection box at St Mary's, so please save the stamps from your cards and parcels - leave 1 cm/1/2 inch of paper round the sides when you cut them out. Bring them to church up to Sunday 12th January. Let's see how much our collection will weigh!

Hub-in-the-Pub

Monday 13th January 2019
7.30pm
At The Plough
Come and listen to
The Revd Canon Jane Brooke
Vice Dean & Canon Missioner at Chester Cathedral
talk about her journey to ministry and life at the Cathedral.
This is a ticket only event, sign the list at the back of the churches and tickets will be allocated.

Advent Talks

On 20th November we begin a four week series of Advent talks
marking the 100th Anniversary of the end of the 1914-1919 war. Based on Major John McRae's
poem 'In Flanders fields' there will be an address followed by
Compline. The series will be held in the Mews beginning at 7.30pm

Christmas Card

Paul & Fiona's Parish Christmas card this year will take the form of chickens sent via Christian Aid's Present Aid scheme. They will make a difference to a family long after Christmas is over.

Foodbank

Mid-Cheshire Foodbank are
desperately short of
Long Life Milk, Tinned Custard & Tinned Meat
Please remember the Foodbank when you are doing your weekly shop and help those less
fortunate than ourselves.
In the past week the Foodbank have fed 176 people including
75 children

Mews Bookings

All enquiries for availability and charges should be made via Margaret Baldini 01606 883279

Prayer List

We welcome new names of those who are ill to be added to our weekly list for prayer. This is intended for a short to medium term prayer list.
After two months names will be
transferred to the Vicar's long term
prayer list. You can of course request that the name goes back on the list for a further period.
Regular updates would be appreciated about the condition of those who are sick.
Please let the Vicar or Linda Dutton know.