WITH LOVE ON MOTHERING SUNDAY

If you are passing St. Paul’s Parish Church on Springfield Road, Sale today, please do collect a bunch of flowers and a Mothering Sunday card. The photos below show the display in the Church porch.

The photos below were taken on Mar 20th showing displays in support of Ukraine outside the Church.

The display shows the prayer for Ukraine from the Archbishops and is repeated below.

God of peace and justice,
we pray for the people of Ukraine today.
We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons.
We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow.
that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them.
We pray for those with power over war or peace,
for wisdom, discernment and compassion
to guide their decisions.
Above all, we pray for all your precious children, at risk and in fear,
that you would hold and protect them.
We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace.
Amen.
Archbishop Justin Welby
Archbishop Stephen Cottrell

In addition there will be a retiring collection to support Ukraine after the Mothering Sunday service on Mar 27th and a Coffee and Cake stall is planned for April 10th from 11:30am to 1:30pm.

To mark John’s 90th birthday this month a “drop in” event for coffee and cake was held in the Church Hall on Saturday 12th March. The photos below were during the afternoon.

Use the link below to read about the latest Community Choir news.

Use the link below to view information about the Pantry Shelves and Food Bank.

At the Sunday morning service on Mar 6th our Pastoral Worker, Karen, was presented with her Faith in the Community Award following her nomination as part of International Women’s Day. The certificate is shown below. Congratulations to Karen from all at St Paul’s.

The Stations of the Cross have formed part of Christian devotion at Passiontide for many centuries because they offer a particularly vivid way of following in the steps of Jesus on the way to the Cross, and enable us to engage actively with the path of suffering walked by Jesus. They originated when early Christians visited Jerusalem and wanted to follow literally in the footsteps of Jesus, tracing the path from Pilate’s house to Calvary. They would pause for prayer and devotion at various points. Eventually, those pilgrims brought the practice back to their home countries and ever since then Christians of differing traditions have used this form of devotion.

The following services will take place at St Paul’s

7pm Monday 7th March

7pm Monday 21st March

7pm Monday 11th April