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St Peter's Church

Leighton-cum-Minshull Vernon

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June '09 - March '11

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Burns Night 2011

Thank you to all those who contributed towards this wonderful evening.  I am sure that Revd Geddes would have approved of the event taking place, as he helped to set it up originally and had enjoyed attending with Marjorie in previous years.

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Clothing Collection

Clothes collection raised £172 – thanks to Dorothy Riley for organising this.

Next collection 5 April 2011

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Middlewich High School Craft Fair

Saturday 13 November 2010

St Peter's stall raised £200 for church funds

Thank you Gail for organising this

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Autumn Fair and Coffee Morning

St Mary's Parish Hall Saturday 18 September 2010

Thanks to all who helped in any way.  £440 was raised from this event.

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Saturday 11 September 2010

Ride and Stride

The church was open 10am - 4pm for visitors, and we served refreshments to the 'weary' travellers.  The church was manned by Muriel and Kerris.  Our first visitor was a cyclist early in the day.  A couple of walkers, accompanied by friends travelling by car, visited in the afternoon.

Although we didn't have many Ride and Stride visitors, we did have a very interesting day.  This was because we had the South Cheshire Amateur Radio Society visiting us.  They were broadcasting Churches and Chapels on the Air 2010 , this was arranged to coincide with Heritage Day and Historic Churches Trusts’ events.  St Peter's had its own special event call sign.

Photograph from the South Cheshire Amateur Radio Society               

Muriel and myself also had the opportunity to speak on the radio.  We spoke to Dorothy in Wigan, who used to be the Sunday School teacher of a church there.

Muriel speaking to Dorothy in Wigan

A big thank you to the members for explaining how it works, both to us and to our visitors, and for putting St. Peter's church on the air waves.

Hope we can do it again next year!

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Confirmations - 16 May 2010

Thank you to St Mary's Church, Wistaston for hosting the Confirmation service on the 16 May 2010.  Congratulations to the 17 candidates - 9 from St Peter's, 5 from St Mary's and 3 from All Saints, Weston.  The service was absolutely packed with about 250 people there to support those confirmed.

Our candidates were Franczeska Birch, Cameron Blake, Amy Ford, Phillip Geddes, Hannah Gough, Harriet Gough, Lydia Naylor, James Whittaker and Richard Whittaker.

It is wonderful that our young people were prepared to make a stand and declare their faith in this way.  Congratulations to all of them.

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The Spring Fair and Coffee Morning in Nantwich raised £678.  Thank you to all of those who helped in any way, and to the people of Nantwich for their support.

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Ride and Stride Day - 12 September 2009

Thank you to everyone who sponsored me for the “Ride and Stride” walk.  £80 plus gift aid was raised.  This will be divided between St Peter’s and the Historic Cheshire Churches Preservation Trust.  Thanks also to the churches of Barnton and Little Leigh for their hospitality.

For some details and photographs from my walk please click here.

Kerris

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12 September 2009

Coffee Morning at Nantwich Parish Hall

£615 was raised.  Thank you to all those who helped in any way.

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Saturday 25 July 2009

Barbecue

at Mike and Shennas,

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St Peter's Church


Flower Festival 2009

3, 4 and 5 July


Flowers and Music



A very successful flower festival; some people have described it as the best they had ever seen.  The church was filled with beautiful displays, each one representing a different piece of music.  Delicious refreshments were served in the hall and the marquee.  The weather was sunshine and showers, and it was pleasantly warm.

On Friday there was a short opening service which was attended by the Cheshire East Mayor, Councillor Margaret Simon, and her Consort, husband Maurice.

Sue Beesley, BBC Gardener of the Year 2006, officially opened the Flower Festival at 2.00 pm on Friday 3rd July.

We were also very pleased to have a visit from Edward Timpson M.P. (Crewe and Nantwich) later in the afternoon.

A big thank you to the Crewe Amateur Musical Society, who delighted us all with their wonderful singing in the concert on Saturday evening.  "Songs from the Musicals" complimented the music theme of the flowers, and was very moving.

Thank you to all those who have worked so hard to make it such a magnificent occasion, and to all of our visitors for their support; we hope you all enjoyed your visit.

How sad I felt at 6.00pm on Sunday when it had finished, but I was soon lifted again when we had the evening Songs of Praise.  The Hymns where chosen by the congregation, and so they were all popular and heartily sung in the beautiful surroundings.

Click here for photographs of the flower festival

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Drawing by Franczeska Birch of one of the flower arrangements at the festival - "Phantom of the Opera"

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Confirmation

25 June 2009

photograph by Revd Mike Turnbull

June 2009 Confirmation candidates and the

Bishop of Chester, Rt Revd Peter Forster

Thank you to St Mary's Church, Wistaston for hosting the Confirmation on the 25 June 2009.  Congratulations to all the candidates for declaring their Christian allegiance, especially to our candidate, Jenny Shaw (left).  Thanks also to Revd Mike Turnbull  for the photographs.

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