Please use the link below to read the February Parish magazine including the Vicar’s Letter.

The PCC sent a beautiful bouquet of flowers to Carole to say thank you for all her hard work as chair of the social committee and organising the Santa’s grotto year on year. Many folks know that her husband Eric suffered a serious slip on ice which resulted in surgery and so Carole is taking a step back from church activities in order to care for him as he recuperates. 

The photo below shows Carole with the bouquet and her response was :

“The flowers are amazing.  It is so heartwarming to receive a card and flowers from people who I know care about me. I will really enjoy them. 

I hope that I will soon be back at church to join in the services.

Love C xxx”

Welcome to St Paul’s Babes & Tots, we are a long-running group based in Sale and we are glad to offer our support to those with pre-school children.

We meet every Tuesday morning in term time in St Paul’s Church Hall (on Springfield Rd) from 9.30am-11am.

We have free play, tea & toast and a story and song time. In the warmer months we enjoy going out to our lovely enclosed outdoor playing area where we can watch the ducks on the canal and the barges passing by. We often have crafts related to the theme of the story and we encourage children and families to join in the fun.

We charge a small donation towards our running costs and operate on a Pay As You Go basis.

Accessibility – we have lots of buggy parking space, disabled loo with baby change facilities and our own car-park. Many of our families have English as their second language, so please let us know if you’d like to be introduced to someone who may share your home language.

Also located in the Hall is the Pantry Shelves, a small food bank which is self-referral and we encourage anyone to pick up or donate items as and when needed. We keep a stock of nappies just in case.

Our volunteers are church members and have undertaken DBS checks and Basic Safeguarding training. Please contact Becky on 01612178795 for more info or just turn up.

Please use the link below to read the Jan 2023 Parish News. It includes the Vicar’s Letter and a review of the Christmas Tree Festival.

The festival is now underway with a steady stream of visitors. As well as the sponsored decorated trees there are refreshments, live music and activities for children, including dressing up clothes so photos can be taken in front of a Bethlehem background.

The Slideshow below show some of the Christmas Trees and some of the activities including the Salvation Army Junior Brass Band.

The second Slideshow shows photos taken during the Carols in the Trees Service which concluded the Tree Festival.

A large congregation in a candlelit Church enjoyed carols, Choir carols, an instrumental performance and readings. After the service refreshments were served in the Hall.

Please see the links below to see more details of how to reserve tickets for our Christingle service on Christmas Eve.

The slideshow below were taken as St Paul’s prepares for Christmas.

Friday 16th December

2-3pm Our very own Donald Brookes, former cathedral organist will be playing a repertoire of well known organ music including festive favourites.

6-7pm 4th Sale Central Brownies/Rainbows will be singing in the Trees – all welcome to come and join in

7-8pm Another well known musician from St Paul’s, the wonderful Kevin Drury will be playing the piano and performing Christmas carols meets Baroque with the Nutcracker too!

Saturday 17th December

11-12noon We welcome the Salvation Army Junior Brass Band to St Paul’s

12-1pm It’s the turn of classical guitarists:  Ed Billingham and Jo Wade Classical guitar group. Having recently visited St Paul’s for recording purposes they are keen to utilize our fantastic acoustics and looking forward to performing.

2pm Very special one-off performance by Catherine and Vicar Becky on recorders

6-7pm Kevin Dury is back on the organ- playing a range of Christmas music

Sunday 18th December

12noon Ed Billingham will be playing once again on the classical guitar.

6pm Carols in the Trees- join us for a wonderful celebration of carols, choir pieces and readings.