News

Easter is nearly with us and toddlers and lighthouse will pause for the two weeks of school holidays (so no toddlers group 9th or 16th of April and no Lighthouse club on 11th or 18th of April).

Our prayer meeting on wednesday and bible study on thursday will also pause for Easter week (16th and 17th respectively). Bible study on thursdays will now be in person over the lighter months.

Our Spring Fair is on 9.30-1.30 12th April, come and bag a bargain and a cake. Donations of bric a brac/clothes/books/cakes etc all very welcome.

Easter Services

Good Friday Service: 10.30am. There is also a Congleton town centre open air service at 12.00 noon.

Easter Sunday Breakfast 9.00am followed by our Easter Sunday morning service with a 6.30 evening service as usual. Please do let us know if you want to come to our Easter breakfast for catering purposes.

And to end the month we have Andrew Calvert’s retirement service on the 27th April.

This month we welcomed Congleton Unplugged to our church and the sales of teas and coffees and donations raised over £200 for the Gathehu School in Kenya. See more about this project HERE.

Next month we have:

• Our spring fair on the 12th of April – so time to get sorting and start bring down any unwanted clothes/ books/ toys/ bric a brac etc.
  
• Andrew Calvert’s retirement service at the end of the month.

This Month

Our big news this month is that our new pastor David Robey started on the 2nd February and this month we are blessed with two pastors. Pastor Andrew Calvert will formally retire at the end of February after 38 years, starting as our assistant pastor back in 1987, but will remain on our church council and still play an active part in our church life.

Pastor David Robey’s official induction service takes place on 23rd February at 10.30am.

Children’s weekday activities will be paused for half term, so no toddlers group on Wednesday 19th February, and no Lighthouse on the 14th and the 21st of February.

Our Thursday evening Bible study remains on Zoom during the dark evenings.

Upcoming Events:

March: Women’s Conference at Lifestream Church in Knypersley on Saturday 29th March – Please let Karen know if you are interested in going. (It’s £16 if you book by 8th February. It’s £20 if you book in after that).

April: Church Spring Fair 12th April. More details on Easter Services to follow.

Wishing every one a Happy New Year!

All our activities that stopped over the Christmas period are now back up and running.

Bible study on Thursday evening will remain on Zoom over the winter months – if you would like to join, please contact us and we can send you the link out.

Sunday 19th we will have our AGM after our Sunday morning service.

Our new pastor Dave Robey and his wife Corinna should be joining us from February, with our current pastor Andrew Calvert continuing for a month to help show him the ropes and hand everything over.

Christmas Holidays

Toddler Group, Lighthouse (primary schoolchildren) and our Thursday bible study have now paused for the Christmas holidays.
This is the last week for Wednesday Prayer Group (18th December 1-2 pm)

Everything will start back up again week starting Monday 6th January.

Christmas Activities:

Thursday 19th December: Town Carol Service 7.30 pm (St Peters Church)

Friday 20th December: Nourish 12.00

Sunday 22nd December:
10.30 am Morning Service with Communion
6.00 pm Carols by Candlelight (with Rode Health Silver Band)

Wednesday 25th December: 10-11 am Christmas Morning Service

Sunday 29th December:
10.30 am Morning service with communion
No evening service

Tuesday 31st December: New Years Eve Celebration

BIBLE STUDIES

Will now be on Zoom over the winter months, Thursdays, 7.00 p.m. for a 7.15 start.

On 21st November Dave and Corinna Robey will be joining our Zoom Bible study and on 28th November Dave will be our speaker at the Bible study.

SUNDAY SERVICES

Sunday 10th November Andrew will be preaching at Mow Cop Community Church in the morning and Bob will be preaching at Cross Street.

Sunday 17th November will be Safeguarding Sunday when we will be thinking about the importance of keeping each other safe.

Sunday 24th November will be an all age family service in the morning.

Sunday 24th November, 6.00 p.m. – Derek and Hilary Balsdon invite you to ‘A Time To Say Goodbye’.
This will be an opportunity to give thanks to God for the years they have served God in this area, and for us all to say farewell to one another as they are soon moving to take up new roles in the Freedom Church, Wiltshire (where Derek will be Pastor and Hilary will be a worship leader and preacher). There will be time for a chat together over a cuppa after the service.

CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES

Take a sneak peek at our December diary below for activities planned so far:

(if the leaflet doesn’t show on a mobile – use the link HERE)

Our November fair on the 2nd November is fast approaching – please bring in any donations of clothes, shoes, books, bric a brack etc.

All proceeds for the November fair are going towards the children we support in India and Columbia.

Other notices:

18th – Nourish
Sunday 20th – All age family service

Half Term:
Wednesday 23rd & 30th – No toddler group
Friday 25th – No Lighthouse

Thursday 24th & 31st – Bible studies will be on Zoom

Lighthouse and Toddlers have now stopped for the summer and will resume in September

Bible study and Nourish will also take a break for the summer holidays and resume in September

Our Summer Fair held on July 27th in aid of “World of Worth” was our best ever – raising a grand total of £785

March is a month of prayer for the future of our church during a period of transition during which we will be looking to choose a new pastor. Anyone interested can find more information about this position HERE.

Thursdays during March the church will be open for private and small group prayer 10.00 am to 2.00pm and Thursday evenings 7.15 to 8.30pm will be prayer meetings instead of Bible study.

Easter services

Friday 29th March 10.00-11 a.m. – Good Friday communion service
Sunday 31st March 9.00 a.m. – Easter breakfast followed by an all age family service.
Sunday 31st March 6.00 p.m. – Evening service with communion

Also in March we host three of the “Congelton Unplugged” music acts – for more information see HERE

Coming up in April

Sunday 21st April 10.30 – 11.45 a.m. Baptismal Service

Spring Fair – fund raised will be in support of the Gathehu School in Kenya (see more about this mission here).

We will also be running a new ‘The Way’ course for those wanting to find out more about the Christian course or new Christians. It’ll be held on wednesday evenings, starting on the 21st February 2024 from 6.30-8pm. For more details about ‘The Way’ course – click here.