St Mary's Whitegate

Notices

Advent Lunch

Tuesday 4th December
12.30pm The Mews
£12.50 per person to include a hot meal and a glass of wine.
Please sign the list at the back of church or speak to Chris Newton or Linda Dutton.
Booking is essential for catering purposes.
Can those who have booked please pay Linda or Chris before
25th November to confirm your place

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who
participated in anyway at last weekends Remembrance Sunday services & events.
Special thanks to Carole Sweet, Tom Crawford and the Social and Fundraising Team.
Thanks also to the Flower Group and the other groups in the church community and the school for providing some wonderful
displays.

Gentlemen’s Dinner

The next Gentlemen’s Dinner is to be held on
Monday 19th November
at 7.30pm
At The Red Lion, Little Budworth.
Do join us for  a good meal and friendly lively conversation. To book your place please sign the list at the back of the churches
Please see Alan Newton or John Stopford for more information.

Home Group

Home Group will meet in the Mews at 7:30pm on Wednesday,
21 November.  We will be looking at verses and thoughts for Advent.

Christmas Hamper Raffle

St Mary’s social and
fundraising committee are planning to hold a Christmas
Hamper Raffle on the run up to Christmas. If you could help and donate some prizes Carole would be pleased to receive them.
A list is at the back of church with ideas for items required.

Book of Prayers, Readings & Sacred Poems

Eileen Lees is compiling a book of Prayers, Readings & Sacred Poems
The proceeds of which will be split between St Mary’s & Mothers’ Union Charity, AFIA
If you would like to contribute, please fill in the form at the back of church or email Eileen

Mothers' Union at St Mary's

We meet on Tuesday
20th November at 2.00 p.m. in
The Mews.
Jenny Rayner is coming to "Lift the roof on Social Housing".
If you'd like to know more about the challenges of finding a home in the current climate, then do join us.

Carol Singing

St Mary’s will be Carol Singing in the Village on 
19th December  from 6.45pm to 7.45pmstarting on the Church Green. If you would like us to join us or have a visit please contact Carole Sweet.
We are also pleased to be able to visit the Plough on
21st December at 7.30pm.

We have entered a period of vacancy. Please pray as we seek to appoint a new Vicar.

Foodbank

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

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 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.