St Peter's Church Leighton-cum-Minshull Vernon/News

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.

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.

Thank you Philip for the interesting 2010 Lent course. All 4 'lessons' were very well attended. The topics discussed gave us plenty to think about.

Thanks also to Gail for the refreshments.

Friday 29 January 2010

United Co-op Band

Raised £286. £100 was given to the band. Thanks to everyone who helped and donated raffle prizes. It was a great evening. We hope to have them back in the summer.

Advent Course

Thank you Philip for a very interesting Advent course, and to Gail for the refreshments.

These were held on the 1st and 15th December 2009

6 December 2009 - St Nicholas Day

Family Eucharist with Visit of St Nicholas

Thank you St Nicholas for visiting us.

He brought special biscuits for 'good' girls and boys.

Thank you for all the gifts that you brought for the less fortunate children in Salford

The Festive Coffee Morning after the service was very popular. The tombola raised £47.00 for the new church hall, and £6.40 was raised for the Brusheads in Sandbach, a community arts and craft project specifically for people with long term mental health problems.
Thank you to everyone for your gifts and support

5 December 2009

Concert in church given by Encore

Saturday 7th November 2009

Craft Fair at Middlewich High School

St Peter's held a stall at this event

4 October 2009 - FAMILY COMMUNION

The Gift of Time

This was a very interesting and happy service. It reminded us that it is so important to give the 'gift of time' to children to help them develop. It is also worth noting that spiritual things will be much harder to develop where children lack the loving support of their families.

Percussion instruments were handed to the congregation to accompany our singing; this was great fun. We were also delighted to hear some of our younger members performing; singing, reading poetry...

Tea and lots of lovely cakes were served in the hall after the service.

Friday, 25 September 2009

The Harvest Supper raised £170.

The Harvest produce was taken to a church in a deprived area of Salford, on the following Monday.

Thank you to every one who helped at the harvest festival, and for the gifts, which will be appreciated.

Saturday 19 September 2009

Concert

Thank you to Sandbach Ladies Choir for the wonderful evening.

£333 was made for the hall fund

Saturday 19 September 2009

Marshfield Bank Community Centre Fun Day

St Peter's church had a tombola at this event to raise funds for the church.

Thanks to Philip and Gail for setting up the tombola, and to Kerris and Robert for taking over.

£113 was raised.

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

12 September 2009

Coffee Morning at Nantwich Parish Hall

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

31 August 2009

Bank Holiday Monday

Car Boot

Thank you to all who helped.

£1,012.88 was raised after expenses. This will be divided between the fabric and the general fund.

Saturday 25 July 2009

Barbecue

at Mike and Shennas,

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

Flower Festival 2009

Draw Winners

Waterford Crystal Ike Wilson

Wicker Hamper Mick and Ellen Humphreys

Bistro Table and Chairs Pat and Derek Louth

£20 Beefeater Voucher Enid Springbank

Whisky Chris Geddes

Flower Arrangement J Sherwin

Cockburns Port Mrs McGrath

Truffles Huw Thomas

Coasters Marion Sharpe

Candle Set Eileen Oulton

Wicker Baskets R Higgins

Spa Set Mr Fraser

Red Wine Irene

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Guess the Scarecrows Names

Prize Winning Names Winners

Bottle of Bells

"Paul and Nancy"

Telephone No

Whisky

"Bert and Daisy"

Gail

Drawing by Franczeska Birch of the flower arrangement "Phantom of the Opera"

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

Confirmation

25 June 2009

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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