St.Mary’s Church, SK10 4TW St.Catherine’s Church, SK10 4RX

ALDERLEY CHURCH NEWS serving Alderley Park no.7. February 2019

DROP-IN FOR PARENTS / CARERS AND THEIR BRIDGE DRIVE on Monday 11th February at PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. Would you like to help Parish Hall starting 1.30pm. £26 set up a weekly morning session in Nether per table; run by St.Mary’s Church Social Alderley Parish Hall, working with others from Committee. Phone 01625 583320 for info. St.Mary’s Church? We’d need to do some SENIORS LUNCH FOR ANYONE WITH A preparation and we’d have all Safeguarding CONNECTION TO OVER ALDERLEY who would systems and checks. Please let Revd Jon Hale like to join about 30 regular diners having a 2 know if you are interested. course hot meal & tea/coffee for £5. At the OVER ALDERLEY WOMENS’ INSTITUTE meets Reading Room on Weds 27th February. If you will the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in the be going to this lunch please let Joyce on 01625 Reading Room. On February 12th the talk will 613978 or Margaret on 01625 582334 know in be 'Mystery Shopper'. The competition is a advance. vintage tin box. Visitors welcome. To find out SPRING LUNCH OUTING on Tues 19th March with more contact Julie Wilson on 01625 585463 St.Mary’s Church. For details contact Janet on ST.CATHERINE’S CHURCH LADIES GUILD meets 01625 583320. th next on Tues 19 February at the Reading Room Nether Alderley Parish Hall is next to St.Mary’s Church: at 2pm for a talk about crossing the Atlantic and http://www.netheralderleyparish.com/make-a-parish- Charles Lindberg 1902 – 1972. Contact Bridget hall-booking Hunt on 01625 829593 for more details. Over Alderley & Birtles Reading Room is on Birtles ST.MARY’S CHURCH MOTHERS UNION meets Lane near the junction with Road. : next on Weds 20th February at 2pm in Nether http://www.overalderleyvillagehall.co.uk/ Alderley Parish Hall for a talk by Chris Sweetman ______on The Hubble Space Telescope – 29 years’. For EAST COUNCIL more details contact Ann Rountree on 01625 Ward: Councillor George Walton 888893 or Noni Watkins on 01625 58333. Phone: 01565 651507 [email protected] SOUP & CHEESE LUNCH on Sun 24th Feb at The Prestbury Ward: Councillor Paul Findlow Reading Room. Phone 01625 828004 [email protected] NETHER ALDERLEY PARISH COUNCIL THE PRAYER & DISCUSSION GROUP AT Clerk: Phone: 07717 244537 [email protected] ST.CATHERINE’S CHURCH meets on the first Website: http://www.netheralderleyparish.com/ Tuesday of the month. The next one is February 5th at 4pm. There are currently 10 people who OVER ALDERLEY PARISH COUNCIL Clerk: Phone: 01477 571444 [email protected] meet on a more or less regular basis. All Website: http://overalderleypc.weebly.com/ welcome.

SUNDAY SERVICES AT ST.MARY’S & ST.CATHERINE’S CHURCHES IN FEBRUARY DATE SUNDAY OR 8.00am Holy 9.45am at 11.15am at 6.30pm at St.Mary’s Church FESTIVAL Communion St.Mary’s Church St.Catherine’s Church Sunday The No 8am Holy Holy Communion Family Service Evensong (Book of Common Prayer) 3rd Feb Presentation of Communion (Book of Common (Common Worship) Christ in the today Prayer) Temple (Candlemas) Sunday 4th Sunday - Family service Holy Communion Holy Communion (Book of Common 10th Feb before Lent (Common Worship) (Book of Common Prayer) Prayer) Sunday 3rd Sunday At St.Mary’s Holy Communion Mattins (Book of Evensong (Book of Common Prayer) 17th Feb before Lent Church (Book of (Common Worship) Common Prayer) (Septuagesima) Common Prayer) Sunday 2nd Sunday - Family Service Holy Communion Evensong (Book of Common Prayer) 24th Feb before Lent (Common Worship) (Book of Common (Sexagesima) Prayer)

St.Mary’s Church (Church of ), Church Holy Communion is celebrated at St.Mary’s Church on Lane, Nether Alderley. SK10 4TW Thursdays at 10am. The Revd Jon Hale, The Rectory, Church Lane, Nether To enquire about joining one or both of the church Alderley. Tel: 01625 585440. choirs or the bell ringers at St.Mary’s Church please Email: [email protected] contact either the Churchwardens or the Revd Jon Hale. Churchwardens: ______Mr Michael Penlington (Phone: 01625 530084); Mrs Jenny Methodist Church: Youatt (Phone: 01625 585226); Mr Ken Wilkinson (Phone: 0161 432 3490) http://www.alderleyedgemethodistchurch.com/ Honorary Treasurer: St. Pius Roman Catholic Church, Alderley Edge: Mr Will Ablett (Phone 01625 585180 www.catholicdirectory.org/Catholic_Information.asp?ID= [email protected] 32796 Websites: ______www.alderleychurch.co.uk www.stmarysalderley.com ALDERLEY CHURCH NEWS is edited by the Revd Jon Hale Facebook: www.facebook.com/alderleychurch and produced by St.Mary’s Church, Alderley & Twitter: twitter.com/alderleychurch St.Catherine’s Church, Birtles. Distribution is by volunteer St.Catherine’s Church (Church of England), distributors co-ordinated by the two churches: contact Birtles Lane, Birtles, Over Alderley. SK10 4RX Revd Hale if you would like to be a distributor. The Revd Jon Hale. Contact details above. The Revd Jon Hale writes about Candlemas Churchwardens: Sir David Barnes (Phone: 01625 586521); Christmas is over but in worship it leaves an echo. All Mr Michael Norbury (Phone: 01625 583788) through January the church keeps the season of the Honorary Treasurer: Mrs Nicola Folkes (Phone 01625 Epiphany – the worship of the baby Jesus by seers from the 860815 or email [email protected] East. Then at the start of February – this year kept on rd Website: www.stcatherinebirtles.org.uk Sunday 3 February – is the ancient festival of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple, known as Contact the Reverend Jon Hale about Baptisms Candlemas, told in Chapter 2 of St.Luke’s Gospel. Joseph (Christenings), Weddings and Funerals and Mary brought Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem, and Baptism (Christening): www.churchofengland.org/life- Jesus was recognised by Simeon as ‘the light of the world’. events/christenings Anna was Simeon’s companion, and these two people – Weddings: www.churchofengland.org/life- getting on years – were early witnesses of the glory of God events/weddings in Christ. Come to church on 3rd February. As the last Funerals: churchofenglandfunerals.org stage in the story of the infancy of Jesus, and with God’s glory revealed to a surprised, elderly couple, this really is Tea & coffee are always served after the 11.15am the last of Christmas. service at St.Catherine’s Church and are often served after the 9.45am service at St.Mary’s Church. St.Mary’s Church and St.Catherine’s Church support The Oasis Centre at Gorton: http://oasisgorton.org/