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St Mary's Parish Church
Church of
England
Nantwich Town
Centre,
CW5 5RG (Parish Office); CW5 5RQ (the Church and Rectory).
One of the seven Churches Together in Nantwich.
St
Mary's is a Grade 1 listed building and is recorded in the
National Heritage List for England.
The
church is open to
visitors
from
9.30am to
4pm, Monday
to Saturday.
Sunday services
The Covid-19
pandemic may cause services to change. See the right-hand
column.
8am: Holy Communion (Common Worship, traditional form,
except the first and third Sundays of the month when the
Book of Common Prayer is used).
Hot Drinks are
available after the 9.30am
and 10.45am in the Parish Hall.
9.30am: All Age Worship (live streamed).
10.45am: Holy Communion (live streamed).
2.30pm:
Baptisms.
3.30pm:
Baptisms.
6pm: A
variety of services are held including Choral Evensong, Evening
Prayer, Compline and Holy Communion using Common Worship in
traditional language
7.15 pm in the Parish Hall: Encounter Cafe Church, on the
first and third Sundays of the month. A café-style service
with a themed programme. Coffee available from 6.45pm.
Rector:
The Rev Dr Mark
Hart. Tel: 01270 620668
Curate: The Rev
Paul Wheeler.
Tel: 07711 889188
Curate: Vanessa Layfield.
Tel: 07984 318885
The
Parish Office is open
from 9am to 12 noon,
Monday to Friday, and will close at 3.30pm on Wednesdays.
The office is in Church Walk which leads to
St Mary's from The Square (town centre).
Telephone: 01270 625268.
E-mail:
office@stmarysnantwich.org.uk.
The Church Shop is in the north west corner of the church
with a selection of stock. It is unstaffed. Payment for
items purchased can be made in the pillar boxes, or a
contactless device near to the West Door. This allows
payments of between £3 and £30.
The South porch is one of two entrances to the church. The
West door is the other.
Further information about the church appears in the "This
Week" leaflet or "This Month", the church magazine. Note:
The leaflet can be found on the church's website online.
The "This Week"
newsletter is available on request by e-mail.
The
monthly magazine, "This Month", can be found at the
entrance to the nave and is available with the weekly
notices.
Nantwich Parish
Church Preservation Appeal Fund
Chairman: Paul
Ramsey, 01270 623093.
Treasurer: Neil
Timperley, 01270 524395.
Work to date includes
preservation of the church externally and cleaning and
restoration of the misericords (ornate choir stalls) in the
Chancel. Further work is planned.
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Live images of a peal of the
church bells (ringing
time three hours plus) were transmitted to two television
screens in the nave of St Mary's Church, giving visitors something different to look at. The screens
normally show services but this time there was a view of
the eight ringers in the ringing chamber and the bells in
the tower.
Details of the peal were printed in the bellringers' journal,
"The Ringing World". See here
https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1519515.
Summer Lunchtime Concerts
are taking place at St Mary's
from June 9 to August 11.
These will be staged on Thursdays from 12.30pm to 1.15pm.
Admission is free with a retiring collection. See
this page for details.
A "Musicthon"
fundraising
event for St
Mary's
Parish
Church will
take place
on
Saturday,
July 16,
from 10.30am
to 4pm,
featuring
live music -
solo
performances,
groups and
choirs. All
proceeds
will go to
the church.
Covid
Guidance
You should
not enter
church if
you have
Covid or
untested
Covid
symptoms.
If you
need to
maintain
distance,
consider
attending
one of the
quieter
services.
Please be
sensitive to
others who
may wish to
maintain a
distance.
Hand
sanitisers
are provided
at each
entrance.
Holy
Communion is
now offered
in both
kinds, but
people are
free to
receive only
the
consecrated
Bread if
they choose.
Please
receive from
the cup only
by drinking,
not by
intincting
(dipping)
the wafer.
Face
coverings in
church are
required
by law,
apart from
exemptions.
The 9.30am
service on
the first
Sunday of
the month
is not
live
streamed as
it features
children.
Live
streaming
will take
place on the
rest of the
months'
9.30am
services. The
10.30am
services
through the
month will
be on line.
Re-ordering (changes in the church)
The church "re-ordering" in 2016 included new inner glass
doors at the west end of the church, the removal of some of
the pews to make more open spaces (including a place for a
grand piano in the south aisle), a platform lift to replace
the wheelchair lift, stone ramps for wheelchairs (replacing
the temporary wooden ones), toilets and a new door for the
choir vestry.
The Jubilee Curtain, marking the 25th
anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977, and
the pew kneelers were removed during the re-ordering so that
dust from the work wouldn't affect them. Pew seat cushions
were added.
Earlier work at St Mary's | The
Re-ordering
over the weeks |
Website

This kneeler
in the North Transept marks the visit of the Rt Rev Libby
Lane, the then newly-appointed Bishop of Stockport, to conduct a
Confirmation service in 2016. She was the first female bishop to be
consecrated by the Church of England. She later became Bishop of Derby.
The kneeler is one of many to be found in the nave pews.
Picture: Andrew Lamberton
Articles about the church can be found on this website:
Listed in Places to See
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View of church restored
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£1m appeal
A location on the Two Saints' Way
(walking route).
Church websites:
www.stmarysnantwich.org.uk
https://www.facebook.com/stmarysnantwich.org,uk
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Nantwich Methodist Church
Hospital Street, CW5 5RP
One of the seven Churches Together in Nantwich.
The Church with the Train (see item below)
Services
Sunday:
10.30am, Worship. 10.30am, Sunday Club for young people aged
four to 13.
First Sunday of the month:
6pm, Cafe Church - a different style of worship, led by
invited preachers. Friendly discussions, chat, videos,
singing, and spirit-led worship over refreshments. Contact
Jackie Holland (624914).
Fourth
Thursday of the month: 11.30am, Communion.
Communion
(11.30am) and Lunch (12.15pm), on the fourth Sunday
of the month.
Thursday
(9.30am): Prayer Meeting. Contact Brenda Bowers (01270)
623794.
Minister
The Rev
Robin Fox,
01270 812820
Deacon
Jill Taylor, 01270 618872
The Church office
is open most Thursdays and Saturdays from 9.30am to 12 noon.
Tel: 01270 626340. E-mail:
nantwich.mc@btconnect.com.
Website:
https://www.nantwichmethodist.co.uk
Nantwich Mission Area: Nantwich, Barbridge, Broad
Lane and Poole.
Cheshire South Methodist Circuit,
a grouping of 37 churches.
www.cheshiresouth.org.uk
On Track
is the name of the quarterly magazine published by the
Nantwich Methodist
Mission Area. It is based on the Hospital Street church's
slogan, "The Church with the Train." (See Poole Methodist
Chapel entry below for details of a community garden and
labyrinth).
Whistleblower
Cutting
Model steam train
rides at the side of the church every Saturday from 10am to
12noon 52 Saturdays a year. The rides are free for all ages
but a donation for children's charities is welcome.
Currently
the donations have raised £13,500 for Creative Hands,
Under the Mango Tree, Railway Children, and Hope House.
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READ more about The Church with the Train
here.
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Entertainment closed
Nantwich
Family Films @ 4 was a community cinema project by Nantwich Methodist
Church. Falling audience numbers caused it to close down in March 2018
Funded by Nantwich Town Council,
Nantwich Rotary Club, The Rank Foundation, The Co-operative Community
Fund, Chester and Stoke-on-Trent Methodist District
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Due to Covid, church activities have been restarted with
limited numbers. A weekly newsletter and service has
been prepared and distributed. See Home Worship Services
on the website. If you wish to attend a service
contact 01270 611942.
Noah's Ark Toddlers Group
Held on Tuesdays, from 1.15pm to
2.30pm (term time only). All welcome.
"For bumps, babies and toddlers. Stories, songs and crafts.
Cup of tea for adults.
Suggested donation £2.50."
For more information contact
Kathryn on
1108lw2@gmail.com
Drop 'n' Shop,
between 10 am and 12 noon on Saturday mornings. A club for
children aged 4 to 11. For a maximum of one and a half hours
parents can leave their children at the Methodist
Schoolrooms to be entertained by church members while they
shop. Climbing wall, Wii, air hockey, snooker, craft table
and more. All volunteers are CRB checked. £1 per morning
including light refreshments. Contact: Heather Durant on
626168.
Pizza Club,
on the first and third Saturdays, 6pm to 8.30pm. DVD
and games evenings for youngsters aged 11 and over. All
volunteers are CRB checked. Contact: David on 627170.
Sunday Club,
every Sunday at 10.30am. Contact: David on 627170.
Friendship Group, first Monday of the month, 2pm to 4pm
Brownies .
Mondays in school term time, 6.15pm to 7.30pm. Age 7 to 10
years. Information:
www.girlguiding.org.uk
Wesley Guild,
7.30pm on the second Tuesday of the month. Contact Pat
Maidment (01270) 627170.
Men's Club,
7pm on the second Wednesday of the month at the Vine pub
in Hospital Street for a drink and a chat. All welcome.
Contact the Rev Malcolm Lorimer on (01270) 625278.
Totstop.
Wednesdays in school term time, 1.30pm to 3pm. For children
up to the age of four. Contact: Liz on 663972.
Other activities include:
Soup+More
(homemade hot meals and desserts) on the first Saturday of
every month, 12 noon to 2pm.
Coffee mornings
are held on Thursdays and Saturdays, 10am to 12 noon.
A lunch
is held once a month on Saturday between 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Women's Fellowship,
2.30pm to 3.30pm on the second Thursday of the month.
Contact Barbara Barker (01270) 624363.
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Market Street Church
Baptist and United Reformed Church
CW5 5DG
One of the seven Churches Together in Nantwich.
Sunday services
10.30am: Morning service with Junior Church and creche.
6pm: Evening service (Communion service 1st Sunday).
Minister:
the Rev Garry Wareham (01270 627261).
Contact:
01270 611634
www.marketstreetchurch.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/MarketStChurch
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The Nantwich
Foodbank is based at this church.
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Nantwich Young People's Fellowship
A Christian youth group for teenagers in Nantwich, meeting
at Market Street Church.
www.nantwichypf.com
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St Anne's Catholic Church
Pillory Street (opposite Railway Station)
One of the seven Churches Together in Nantwich.
Services
9am: Mass (Monday to Friday)
10am: Mass (Sunday)
6.30pm: Vigil Mass (Saturday)
Parish Priest:
the Rev John Daly
Telephone: 01270 625494.
Deacon:
the Rev Peter Mascarenhas.
Website:
www.stannesnantwich.org.uk
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Broad Lane Methodist Church
Audlem Road, CW5 7QD
One of the seven Churches Together in Nantwich.
Sunday services
2.15pm: Weekly worship (November to February).
First Sunday of the month, 2.15pm: Sankey Gospel Service.
6.30pm: Evening service (March to October).
Minister:
The Rev
Robin Fox,
01270 812820.
The church is in the Nantwich Mission Area
and the
Cheshire South Methodist District.
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Coffee Club, every Monday from
10am to 12 noon (except Bank Holidays). Contact Mike Docker (619855)
for more information. Tea, coffee, biscuits and a chat. Everyone
welcome. Transport can be arranged. Supported by Nantwich Town
Council and Stapeley and District Parish Council.
House Group, Tuesday,
fortnightly, at 3.15pm. Contact Patti Wilson (569293).
Sisters in Stitches, Wednesdays
at 10am. Contact Daphne Mounteney (811242).
Prayer for Healing and Wholeness,
First Thursday of month, 2pm. Contact: Louise
Mumford.
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Nantwich Elim Church
Pentecostal
The Chapel, Regents Park, 129 London Road, CW5 6LW.
Telephone: 626749.
One of the seven Churches Together in Nantwich.
Sunday services
10.30am: Love Sundays service in the Chapel. 10.30am: Youth
Church.
The two events combine at 11.30am.
Deeper at 6pm in the Chapel
Senior Pastor:
Michelle Nunn Associate Pastor:
Paul Hampton
Pastor
Linda Potter Pastor Chang
Myung-Chul
Chapel telephone: 07738 179835
Church office: telephone 01270 615401
Disable access available
Website: www.nantwichelimchurch.org
https://www.facebook.com/NantwichElimChurch
For other activities and information, see
website and Facebook.
See this page for events
at Regent's Park.
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Regents
Theological College has moved to Malvern.
The former Willaston School where
Nantwich Elim Church now worship in the chapel
History group acquires lantern slides
of the school
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Churches Together in Nantwich
A group of seven churches in the Nantwich area - the
six above and St Mary's Parish Church, Acton, below.
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Nantwich Street Pastors have volunteers from
the six churches in town. They are on patrol from 11pm until 3.30am on some
Tuesdays (studens't night at the clubs), Friday and Saturday nights. They are
supported by at least two Prayer Pastors at their base.
They are trained volunteers "who
care about their community" and are on hand to help young people in the town
centre.
New volunteers are needed
Chairman: Rod Greenow, 07967 741359
Secretary: Simon Bowen, 01270 628086
E-mail:
nantwich@streetpastors.org.uk
Website:
www.streetpastors.org/locations/nantwich
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Out-of-town churches
See the churches websites for details of worship
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The Benefice of St Mary, Acton; St Bartholomew, Church
Minshull; St David, Wettenhall; and St Oswald, Worleston
(The Cross Country Group of Parishes)
Church of England
St Mary's
Church has been designated as a Grade 1 listed building
since 1967.
The Vicar:
The Rev Anne Lawson,
01270 628864.
St Mary's,
Monks Lane, Acton, CW5 8LE.
One of the seven Churches Together in Nantwich.
St Bartholomew's,
Cross Lane, Church Minshull, CW5 6DY.
St David's,
Long Lane, Wettenhall, CW7 4DN.
Officiating Priest, the Rev Keith Hine, 01829
732491.
St Oswald's, Church
Road, Worleston, CW5 6DR.
Associate Minister, the Rev John E. Varty,
01270 877360.
Websites
Acton:
www.stmarysacton.org.
Church Minshull:
www.stbartschurchminshull.org.uk
Wettenhall:
www.wettenhallchurch.org.uk
Worleston:
www.worlestonchurch.org.uk
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Public worship having resumed, many
services are also being held on Zoom, WhatsApp and via e-mailed
resources. Changes may need to be made depending on the Covid-19 infection rate.
Tea at the Tower
THE community cafe, Tea at the
Tower, is normally held
every Sunday afternoon (2.30pm to 4.30pm) at St Mary's. A chance to have a chat and
enjoy tea and cakes. There is no set charge, but voluntary
donations are welcome.
Well-behaved dogs
are also catered for (a bowl of water is available!). And
there are guided trips up the church tower - as far as the
bell ringing chamber - for the energetic. Contacts:
Stephan Davies (07731 800663) or Deana Emerton (01270
624889).
www.stmarysacton.com/tea-at-the-tower
Monthly Guided Circular Walks.
There are two walks - one of six miles which will start at
12.30pm with walkers back for around 3.30pm; and a four-mile
walk starting at the usual time of 1pm, and back around 3pm.
Walks
at a relaxed pace, mainly on the canal
towpath and lanes. Stout outdoor shoes or walking shoes or
boots are recommended. Dogs on leads are welcome. Walkers
will be back in time for tea. (See Tea in the Tower, above). All welcome.
There is no
charge but donations are gratefully received. Contact
Nick Harley, lead walker, on 01270 620612 or 07710 983125. Parking
is available in the village car park across the Chester road
from St Mary's.
Dates of the
next walks are July 3:
the Tea at the Tower Summer Challenge of eight miles; August
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United Benefice of Audlem, Wybunbury and Doddington
St James the Great Church, Audlem,
is situated in The
Square, Audlem, CW3 0AH.
www.audlemstjameschurch.org.uk
Vicar:
The Rev Alison Fulford.
She is also Rural Dean in the Nantwich Deanery.
Curate: Post vacant.
The Rev Rachael Griffiths,
who was the Curate, is now the Vicar of All Saints' Church,
Weston and St Mark's Church, Shavington.
St Chad's Church, Wybunbury:
www.achurchnearyou.com/wybunbury-st-chad/
Main Road, Wybunbury, Nantwich, CW5 7LS.
St John the Evangelist, Doddington:
www.achurchnearyou.com/doddington-st-john-the-evangelist/
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the majority of services are screened
on Zoom. Attendance in person at services in St James must be
booked in advance "to limit numbers". Contact the Church Warden,
Peter Ellis, on 01270 812227.
Covid precautions
will need to be taken with the wearing of face coverings and social
distancing.
Sundays: 11am, Holy Communion or
Morning Prayer.
Wednesdays: 11am, Morning Prayer
or Holy Communion.
The church is seeking donations
to restore the church bells. It is running a Church
Fabric Fund appeal for substantial repairs to the church,
particularly the tower. See the church's website for details of this
work.
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United Benefice of Baddiley with Wrenbury and Burleydam
Three congregations of Anglican Churches in South Cheshire -
St Margaret's, Wrenbury; St Michael's, Baddiley; and St Mary
and St Michael's, Burleydam.
Baddiley:
http://www.baddileychurch.org.uk or
www.wrenburychurch.org.uk/st-michaels-baddiley
Wrenbury:
www.wrenburychurch.org.uk
Burleydam:
www.wrenburychurch.org.uk/st-mary-and-michaels-burleydam
Ministry team:
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Vicar:
the Rev Alison Fulford. The Vicarage, Wrenbury, Nantwich,
CW5 8EY. Telephone: 01270 780742.
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Rev Ruth Harrison, 01270 812010
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Cheshire South Methodist Circuit
A grouping of 37 churches, Cheshire South Methodist Circuit
is part of the Chester and Stoke-on-Trent Methodist
District.
See the website for details of services at the various
churches, together with information about the churches.
For services in
other areas of the Circuit visit the website:
www.cheshiresouth.org.uk
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Mission areas
Audlem:
Audlem, Hankelow.
Nantwich:
Nantwich, Barbridge, Poole, Broad Lane.
Wrenbury:
Baddiley and Ravensmoor. Broomhall and Sound.
Lightwood Green.
St Andrew's, Aston |
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Audlem Baptist Church
Services:
Sundays 10.30am. 1st Sunday of the month, Holy Communion.
www.audlembaptistchurch.org.uk |
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Audlem Methodist Church
Shropshire Street, Audlem, CW3 0PE
Minister
(part time): Rev Gary Windon
07929 708976
www.audlemmethodistchurch.org.uk
minister@audlemmethodistchurch.org.uk
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Hankelow Methodist Church
11 Old School Lane, Hankelow, CW3 0JN
Minister:
The Rev Jennifer Matthews,
01270 811711 |
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See the
Cheshire South Methodist District
website for details of services, together with information about the
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Lightwood Green Methodist Church
Whitchurch Road, Audlem, CW3 0EP
Sunday service:
Each week at 6.30pm
Minister:
The Rev Rob Weir
01948 663936
rob@albatross.me.uk
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See the
Cheshire South Methodist District
website for details of services, together with information about the
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Poole Methodist Chapel
Wettenhall Lane, Poole CW5 6AL
Sunday services:
10.30am, second and fourth Sundays of the month.
Quiet Garden Services, 4pm.
The church is in the Nantwich Mission Area and the
Cheshire South Methodist District.
It is the oldest church in the Circuit.
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The Crewe and Nantwich meeting of the
Quakers is held on the second, fourth and fifth
Sundays of each month at 3pm, at Coppenhall Methodist
Church, Bradfield Road, Crewe, CW1 3RB (B5076). The car park
is at the rear of the building on Cliffe Road.
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A
COMMUNITY quiet open garden and labyrinth at the rear of the
chapel is open seven days a week all the year round.
It was the idea of the Society of Friends, or
Quakers, who used to meet at Poole but now meet at
Coppenhall Methodist Church. (See the paragraph, left).
More than £10,000 was raised to complete the
garden, from the Cheshire South Methodist Circuit, Cheshire
East Council, fund-raising events and individuals.
A leaflet on the garden is available at Poole
and Nantwich Methodist churches.
The opening of the garden, in September 2016, was reported
in the Autumn 2016 edition of the circuit's magazine, "On
Track" (based on the Nantwich church's slogan "The Church
with the Train").
The picture of the garden is taken from that edition
of the quarterly magazine.
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