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St Mary's Parish Church
Church of
England
In Nantwich Town
Centre,
CW5 5RQ (the Church and Rectory in Church Lane). CW5 5RG
(Parish Office in Church Walk.
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.
Rector:
The Rev Dr Mark
Hart. Tel: 01270 620668
Assistant Priest: Vanessa Layfield.
Tel: 07984 318885
Sunday services
8am,
Holy Communion.
A said service (no music) using the Book of Common Prayer.
9.30am, Monthly
All Age Worship, live-streamed
on Facebook and YouTube. A
family friendly service with children’s groups, using Common
Worship in modern language, with music led by the worship
band. Holy Communion on the first Sunday of the month. On
the second Sunday of the month the service is planned for
children who will stay in church except fpr the Holy
Communion
10.45am,
Holy Communion (in church and live-streamed
on Facebook and Youtube)
A service of Holy Communion using Common Worship in modern
language. Music led by the choir of St Mary’s. Live-streamed
on the church's Facebook page and YouTube channel.
6pm,
Evensong.
Music led by St Mary’s Choir. Compline on the 5th Sunday.
7.15pm,
Encounter (fortnightly).
A café-style service in the Parish Hall, with a
themed programme.
Weekday
services
Monday: 9am,
Contemplative Prayer
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currently phone/email. A short time of prayer and
contemplation in St Nicholas’ Chapel.
Tuesday: 8.30am,
Morning Prayer.
The Daily Office using the Book of Common Prayer.
Wednesday: 8.30am,
Morning Prayer.
The Daily Office using the Book of Common
Prayer.
11am,
Holy Communion.
A thoughtful service using the Book of Common
Prayer.
Thursday: 8.30am,
Morning Prayer.
The Daily Office using the Book of Common
Prayer.
10am,
Little Fish. A
lively, family friendly service, for children, parents and
grandparents.
Friday: 8.30am, Morning
Prayer. The Daily Office
using the Book of Common Prayer.
Saturday: 8am,
Morning Prayer.
The Daily Office using the Book of Common Prayer.
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 west door and the south porch are the entrances to the church.
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Further information about the church appears in the "This
Week" leaflet or "This Month", the church magazine.
Both are available in the church and the leaflet can be found on the church's website online.
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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.
They are
asked to
receive from
the cup only
by drinking,
not by intincting
(dipping)
the wafer.
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 |
Church website
Nantwich Parish
Church Preservation Appeal
Trust
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.
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application has been made for permission to carry out
extensive restoration work on the north elevation and the
east gable of St Mary's. A request for permission to install
window guards and pigeon protection has also been made.
A
file may be viewed in church and in the Parish Office, and
drawings are on display in the south transept. All documents
may be accessed via the church 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, and became the Bishop of Derby on
May 25, 2019
The kneeler is one of many made by a group of skilled ladies to be found in the nave pews.
Picture: Andrew Lamberton
Church websites:
www.stmarysnantwich.org.uk
https://www.facebook.com/stmarysnantwich.org,uk
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).
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Nantwich Methodist Church
with Broad Lane
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:
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 are run at the side of the church on most weeks of the
year all round (depending on good weather) from 10am to
12 noon. The rides are free for all ages
but a donation for children's charities is welcome.
Currently
the donations have raised £16,808 for
Action for Children, Hope House, Under the Mango Tree, and
Railway Children.
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READ more about The Church with the Train
here.
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An appeal
launched to buy a wheelchair carriage for the
miniature train passed the amount the team were aiming to
reach. For more details, visit:
letter95.htm
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Social distancing and
wearing a face mask covering is encouraged.
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 or
David Maidment on 01270 627179.
Drop 'n' Shop,
between 10 am and 12 noon on the first Saturday of the month. 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. Computers, board games, climbing wall, Wii, air hockey, snooker, craft table
and more. All volunteers are CRB checked. £2 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,
in the coffee lounge for chats, games, puzzles and crafts.
All welcome.
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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Broad Lane Methodist Church
Audlem Road, Nantwich, CW5 7QH.
One of the seven Churches Together in Nantwich.
Broad Lane church is a class of Nantwich Methodist Church.
The building is used by the Methodist District as a District
Office.
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.
See the
item on Cheshire South Methodist Circuit below.
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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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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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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
Lead
Pastor:
The Rev Michelle Nunn
Associate Pastor:
M.C.Chang
Assistant
Pastor:
The Rev Rachael Woolley
Young and children's pastor: Rachel Jones
Elderly people's pastor: Linda Potter
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.
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Regents
Theological College 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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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:
www.cheshiresouth.org.uk.
The
Circuit Superintendent is the Rev Rob Hilton. The Circuit
Administrator is Dot Milner (07598 580541).
The
address is: Cheshire South Circuit, Broad Lane Methodist
Church, Audlem Road, Nantwich, CW5 7EB. |
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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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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 (student's 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.
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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Many
services are being held on Zoom, WhatsApp and via e-mailed
resources.
Evensong is held on the first Sunday of the month at 6.30pm.
Battle of Nantwich remembered
ST Mary's will open
its doors to
visitors at 9am,
serving hot
drinks and
buttered toast
until 11.30am,
as part of the
Battle of
Nantwich
commemoration on
Saturday,
January 27..
At
10am a talk,
"The Civil War
explained", will
be presented by
local historian
Mike Lea in St
Mary's.
At 11am, a
guided walk will
set off to the
battlefields site
"without
treading through
mud". The Sealed
Knot Society are
planning to send
some soldiers to
the walk.
See also
https://www.battleofnantwich.org
Tea at the Tower
THE community cafe, Tea at the
Tower, is 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 for the
energetic, as far as the
bellringing chamber. Contacts:
Stephan Davies (07731 800663) or Deana Emerton (01270
624889).
The cafe raises funds for St Mary's.
www.stmarysacton.com/tea-at-the-tower
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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. Recorded in the National
Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed
building.
Vicar:
The Rev Alison Fulford.
She is also Rural Dean in the Nantwich Deanery. Tel: 01270
601555.
Readers: Ann
Draper, 01270 812960; Jill Williams, 01270 812525.
Secretary: Richard
Von Mach, 01270 623339.
Treasurer: Alan
Draper, 01270 812960.
www.audlemstjameschurch.org.uk
St Chad's Church, Wybunbury:
Main Road, Wybunbury, Nantwich, CW5 7SB.
Serving Wybunbury, Hough and surrounding parishes.
Car park and entrance in Church Way.
www.achurchnearyou.com/wybunbury-st-chad/
wybunbury.stchadschurch@gmail.com
St John the Evangelist, Doddington:
Off Hunsterson Road in the
grounds of Doddington Hall. CW5 7PS.
"The Church on the Hill" was built in 1837 as a private
chapel for the Delves Broughton family of Doddington Hall.
A
"Beacon on the Hill" project is providing new
community and visitor facilities and making repairs to the
church.
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Services on Zoom
Sundays, 10.30am, every two
weeks: 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 and about making a donation.
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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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Priest-in-Charge:
the Rev Amanda Pike. The Vicarage, Wrenbury, Nantwich,
CW5 8EY. Telephone: 01270 780742. She is licensed as
Vicar of Baddiley and Wrenbury with Burleydam.
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Rev Ruth Harrison, 01270 812010
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Audlem Baptist Church
Services:
Sundays 10.30am. 1st Sunday of the month, Holy Communion.
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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 (on the B5076 road). 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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