The following are Services to which all are warmly invited to attend in person :-
Palm Sunday Service -28th March at 10am
Monday 29th March – 7pm, Stations of the Cross
Maundy Thursday – 1st April at 7-30pm – Commemoration of the Last Supper
GOOD FRIDAY 2nd April – 2:30pm Holy Hour Reflection Service
EASTER SUNDAY – 10am Parish Communion
The Church will also be open for Private Prayer, 2pm to 4pm on Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday and the following day Easter Monday.
To mark the first Anniversary of Lockdown, the Church will be open today (Tuesday 23rd March) from 5pm to 6pm for private Prayer, with the opportunity to light a candle.
During this hour the tenor bell will be tolled for an hour remembering to recall the year that has passed since the first Lockdown began.
Thank you to Lucy Moores for this splendid photograph of St. Paul’s, taken during the evening as we shone a light in our windows as part of the 8pm ‘beacon of remembrance’.
The National Day of Reflection, organised by the charity Marie Curie supported by the Church of England, marked one year since the UK first went into lockdown. A time for everyone to come together to collectively reflect loss, support those who have been bereaved, and hope for a brighter future.
St Paul’s is supporting this 24-7 Prayer during Holy Week Initiative. Further information will follow but in the meantime this link gives details of how to become involved. A poster showing details of the Sale Churches Easter trail is shown on the pdf link below.
Because the Church is still not open for public worship, after the live streamed Sunday morning service a display for Mothers Day was set up in the Church porch. Passers by were invited to take a bunch of daffodils and a Mothers Day card. The photo below shows the display. The daffodils and cards would usually be given during the Mothers Day service but COVID restrictions meant this was not possible this year.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. (Psalm 121. v.1-2)
A recent aerial view of Sale, showing St. Paul’s Parish Church on Springfield Road and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Hope Road and the hills beyond.
Thank you to Daniel Stazicker for sharing this fascinating photograph with us.
These photographs taken today, March 2nd, show some of the crocuses which were donated to the St. Paul’s Parish Church, Springfield Road, Sale by the Rotary Club of Sale for the Purple for Polio campaign, see link:- https://www.rotarygbi.org/projects/purple4polio/
As spring begins we hope people will enjoy walking around the Church grounds appreciating the variety of spring flowers.
It has been a tradition at St Paul’s to use the trunk of the Christmas tree to create the Lenten Cross which is used during our Lent services in Church. This year because of the COVID restrictions on the use of the Church we have put the Lenten Cross outside the Church so it can be seen by passers by to remind them that we are still functioning. The photo below was taken during the live streamed service on the first Sunday of Lent.
Each Sunday a further symbol of Lent will be added to the Cross and an explanation of the symbol will be displayed below it.
If you are passing please take a rose and a card.
Saint Valentine
Clergyman, later Bishop and Martyr
Born Terni, Italy 226. Died in Rome 270.
Feast Day, 14thFebruary
Symbols include roses; Bishop with a rooster nearby.
Patron of engaged couples, happy marriages, love, beekeepers and those suffering from plague, epilepsy and fainting.
The flag at St. Paul’s Parish Church, Sale today flies at half-mast in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore as we give thanks for his life and example of kindness, humanity and care.
Our Vicar Barbara has now retired and we all wish her well in the next phase of her life.
Consequently our contact details have been revised and are as follows :-
PCC Secretary – Karen Salisbury : Karen.salisbury@virginmedia.com
Mrs Yvonne Stevenson – Churchwarden : yvonnestpaulssale@gmail.com
Mr Harry Thomas – Churchwarden :diane.thomas1947@gmail.com
The Parish Office : phone number is 0161 962 0082 and email address : salestpaul@aol.com
Hall Bookings : phone number is 0161 283 7668 and email address : salestpaulshall@gmail.com
St Paul's Church, Sale 