St Mary's Whitegate

Notices

Harvest Gifts

Please bring your gifts of fresh fruit and vegetables to church on
Saturday 8th October at 10am for decorating the church.  Following the Harvest services these will be distributed locally as soup
boxes.
Your gifts of non-perishable goods can be brought to the 9.30am
Harvest Festival Service on the 9th October when they will be received during the service. These goods will go to the Foodbank.
If you would like to donate
towards the Harvest Flowers please give your donations to Pam.

St Mary’s Floodlighting

During the months of October to April the church is floodlit from dusk to 10:30pm.
If you would like to sponsor a week during this time for a special event please sign the list at the back of church
Guide amount is £25 per week.

Men’s Breakfast

The next men’s Breakfast will be on Wednesday
19th October 8.30am at
The Red Lion, Little Budworth.
If you wish to join us for
fellowship and conversation whilst enjoying a hearty breakfast please sign the list at the back of the
churches.

Mews News

We are pleased to say that the
refurbishment of the Mews will start this week and, weather
permitting will take between 16-20 weeks.
During this period for Health and Safety reasons the Mews is a ‘No Go Area’ and  is Out of Bounds to non authorised personnel.
Many thanks for your co-operation.

Harvest Supper

Friday 14th October
7.30pm
in the new school hall.
Traditional harvest supper with
raffle and entertainment.
This year we are hoping to have a programme of ‘home grown’
entertainment (as we have in years past!) If you can recite a poem, monologue, sing or perform magic  to entertain us all, please let Carole Sweet know.
Please sign the list at the back of church to secure your ticket.
Adults £12/head
Children under 16 £6/head

Prayer Meeting

Please leave your prayer requests on the prayer tree at the back of church for this week’s prayer meeting.

 Foodbank

Recently the giving of foodstuff and toiletries to the foodbank has reduced. When you are doing your weekly shop please give a thought to those less fortunate than
ourselves and buy an extra tin or packet and bring it to church on the Sunday and place it in the basket at the back of church.

Mews Bookings

The Mews is currently closed for refurbishment.

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 vicars 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.