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Churches in Nantwich
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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.
Sunday services (see the panel on the right)
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 all morning services: 8am at Costa; 9.30am
and 10.45am in the Parish Hall.
9.30am: All Age Worship (first Sunday of the month)
10.45am: Holy Communion
6pm: A
variety of services 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 closed but the
phone number and
e-mail are still
operative.
The office can be found in Church Walk which leads to
St Mary's from The Square (town centre). Open Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, 9am to 3.30pm; Tuesday and Thursday, 9am to 1pm.
Saturday, 9.30am to 10.30am. Telephone: 01270 625268. Closed
on Bank Holidays. E-mail:
office@stmarysnantwich.org.uk.
The Visitors' Centre or Church Shop is in the south porch.
That porch is one of two main entrances to the church. The
West door is the other.
A leaflet,
''Giving to St Mary's, Nantwich'', says that as at January
2020 the church has an annual income of
£205,000,
and an annual expenditure of
£212,000,
apart from special projects.
Further information about the church appears in the "This
Week" leaflet or "This Month", the church magazine. Note:
The leaflet as a hard copy is not being published during the coronavirus
pandemic but can be found on the church's website online.
The "This Week"
newsletter is available on request. The magazine is
not being
published at the moment.
Websites:
www.stmarysnantwich.org.uk
https://www.facebook.com/stmarysnantwich.org,uk
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
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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ST
MARY'S
re-opens
for
public
worship
on
Wednesday,
December
2
with
Morning
Prayer
at
8.30am
and
Holy
Communion
at
11
am.
Normal
services
resume.
Meanwhile
St
Mary's
is
closed
for
public
services
but
open
from
Monday
to
Friday
from 10am to
3pm, for
individual
prayer and
reflection. Funerals
with
up
to
30
mourners
can be held.
Sunday,
November
29:
Pre-recorded
morning
worship
with
songs
by
the
worship
band
will
be
on
Facebook
and
You
Tube
at
9.30am.
Live
Holy
Communion
from
church,
with
a
quartet
from
the
choir,
will
be
online
at
10.45am.
Attendance
at
Christmas
services
will
be
by
booking
only.
Contact
the
Parish
Office
from
Wednesday,
December
2,
to
book
places.
See
office
times
left.
Visit
the
church
website
to
find
out
more
details
of
the
above
items.
The
Magic
of
Christmas,
a
selection
of
carols
and
music
for
peace,
will
be
performed
by
the
Nantwich
Singers
in
St
Mary's
(live!)
on
Saturday,
December
12,
at
3pm
and
7pm.
There
will
be
socially-distanced
seating
arrangements.
Admission
is
free
but
booking
is
required.
Contact
the
Box
Office
on
07872
550830.
 The Tree of Light
in the churchyard
is lit until Twelfth Night (January 6) but there was no switching on ceremony
this year. Baubles in
memory of loved ones have been hung on the tree. They were available
from the Civic Hall for £5, but this facility is not available at
the moment as the Civic Hall is closed.
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Remembrance
Sunday.
Because
of
the
Covid-19
pandemic,
the
Remembrance
Sunday
parade
and
service
at
the
war
memorial
did
not
take
place
this
year,
and
there
was
no
service
on
Armistice
Day
However,
a
live streaming
service
was
held
in
St
Mary's
with
a
small
number
of
participants.
The
Rector
of Nantwich
(the
Rev
Dr
Mark
Hart)
led
the
service,
the
Chairman
of
the
Royal
British
Legion
(John
Dwyer)
delivered
the
Exhortation
to a
two-minute
silence,
and
the
Mayor
of Nantwich
(Cllr
Pam
Kirkham)
read
the
Lesson.
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The
service
can
be
viewed
on
YouTube
at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f9ZimMvQj8
and
on
Facebook
at
https://www.facebook.com/stmarysnantwich/videos/28962239706110621
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BELL ringing is
an
activity
that
can
be
learned
and
enjoyed
by
people
of
all
ages
from
around
11
until
well
into
their
80s.
To
find
out
more
about
the
benefits
of
ringing,
particularly
for
youngsters,
get
in
touch
with
me
at
St.
Mary’s.
-
Stefan
Zientek,
Tower
Captain,
St
Mary's |
The following events may not take place during the
coronavirus pandemic.
Seniors’ Lounge. Second Sunday of the month, 3pm to
4pm, in the Parish Hall. A chance to enjoy friendly company
and a chat over a cup of tea or coffee and cake with a
varied programme of activities and a short talk.
Open House.
Held in the Parish Hall (opposite the Church) on one
Wednesday a month between 2pm and 4pm, with an invitation
for people to drop in for tea and a chat.
A kneeler
in the North Transept marks the visit of the Rt Rev Libby
Lane, 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
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Nantwich Methodist Church
Centre
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
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
12 noon 52 Saturdays a year. The rides are free for all ages
but a donation for children's charities is welcome. To June
2019, the donations have raised £10,050 for Creative Hands,
Under the Mango Tree, Railway Children, Hope House and
Action for Children.
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READ more about The Church with the Train
here.
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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all services and church
activities have been suspended. A weekly newsletter and
service has been prepared and distributed.
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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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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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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Following Government advice the Church
is celebrating Mass. A notice on the church's website
says: ''The number in church is limited to approximately
52 or maybe more with household attendees who can sit
together.
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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
Charlotte Lorimer.
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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The church's website carries
this notice: ''Join us on Sundays on our YouTube
channel for the live stream service at 11am for Love
Sundays channelled on Zoom''.
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.
Chairman: Rod Greenow, 07967 741359
Secretary: Simon Bowen, 01270 628086
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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
Tuesday (student 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.
E-mail:
nantwich@streetpastors.org.uk
Website:
www.streetpastors.org/locations/nantwich
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Out-of-town churches
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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
The Vicar:
The Rev Anne Lawson.
St Mary's,
Monks Lane, Acton, CW5 8LE. 01270 628864.
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.com
Church Minshull:
www.stbartschurchminshull.org.uk
Wettenhall:
www.wettenhallchurch.org.uk
Worleston:
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Tea in the Tower and Walks are
suspended
in view of Covid-19. Details will appear on the website when
the church is able to resume the events.
Tea in the Tower is held
every Sunday afternoon (2.30pm to 4.30pm) in a community
cafe at St Mary's Church, Acton. 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
Guided Circular Walks.
Two-hour (approximately) walks
around the Cheshire countryside start from St Mary's, Acton,
on Sundays at 1pm. Leaflets are available. Back in time for
tea. Telephone Stephan Davies (01270 624135) to reserve a
place on a walk. Or e-mail
stephan.davies1@talktalk,net. All welcome. There is no
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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
Sunday services:
8.15am, Holy Communion; 11am, Holy
Communion/Morning Prayer/All age. Wednesday:
11am, Holy Communion.
Each Thursday in term time:
9.30 am, Praise and Play.
Vicar:
The Rev Alison Fulford.
She is also Rural Dean in the Nantwich Deanery. Her
induction will take place at St James the Great, on
Thursday. December 3, at 7.30pm. This is open only to those
participating in the service which will be live streamed via
Zoom.
The former Vicar, the Rev Canon Helen Chantry (then Rural
Dean) became Vicar of Hucknall in the Southwell and
Nottingham Diocese. To
see a video message from the new Vicar of Hucknall visit
www.hucknallparishchurch.org.uk/video-message-from-revd-helen-chantry
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.
The church is running a Church
Fabric Fund appeal for substantial repairs to the church,
particularly the tower. See the website for details of this
work.
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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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.
oThe
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
church. |
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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
church. |
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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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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 Centre, Bradfield Road, Crewe.
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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