St Mary's Whitegate

Notices

Summer Lunch

Following the success of the Lent Lunches the Pastoral Committee will be organising a series of
lunches spread out over the year. The first of these will be a Summer Lunch to be held on
Tuesday 29th July at 12.30pm.
To book your place please put your name on the list at the back of church or contact Linda Dutton or Chris Newton before 20th July. Please note booking is essential for catering purposes.
The cost of the lunch will be £6 per person

Centenary First World War

To mark the centenary of the start of the First World War St Mary’s will be open on Monday 4th August 2014 from 12 noon for individual devotion and prayer.
At 4pm there will be a short
service followed by half hour silent vigil for peace and remembrance.

Thank You

The social committee would like to thank everyone who supported the Open Gardens and Hog Roast
especially those who opened their gardens, those who provided the food and those who enjoyed the day
£590 was raised for church funds.

Diary Dates

Licensing, Commissioning and Installation.
Pauline Hayward is being Licensed as Pastoral Worker at Chester Cathedral on
27th September at 6.30pm
Teresa Finney is being Commissioned as Children’s Worker at Manchester Cathedral on
15th November at 2.30pm.
Canon Chris is being Installed as Honorary Canon of Chester Cathedral at Evensong on
27th November at 5.30pm.
Please come to these services and support those involved.

Mid Cheshire Foodbank

Please put your donations of non-perishable food in the basket at the back of church.

Mid-week Services

Starting in September Morning Prayer will be said in
St Mary’s at 8am on a Monday and Thursday.

Holy Communion will start at St Mary's on Tuesday 16th September at 9.30am.

Dunham Massey

A visit is planned to
Dunham Massey
for Tuesday 2nd September
9.30am-4pm
During World War 1 Dunham
Massey became the Stamford
Military Hospital and to mark the centenary some rooms have been converted back to those times.
To book your place please sign the sheet at the back of church.
For more information please look under the events section.

 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.