Get in touch!

Vicar: Revd Keith Addenbrooke 0161 928 4182 vicar@stpetershale.org.uk

Readers: John Moss 0161 928 8969 Julie Withers 01565 652 514 reader@stpetershale.org.uk

Church Warden: Keith Neal 0161 980 3343 churchwarden@stpetershale.org.uk

Parish Office: Mon - Fri 9.30am-12.30pm 0161 928 3374 office@stpetershale.org.uk

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For your prayers

Baptisms: We welcome into God’s church family;

Reggie Kondwani Spencer Mateware

Funerals: We commend to God;

Michael Ernest Morton

If you would like us to pray for anyone please contact the Parish Office.

St Peter’s Toddler Group Meets every Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 10.15am till 12noon in school term time at St Peter’s Assembly Rooms, Cecil Rd, Hale Run by parents for parents offering a chance to meet local mums, dads, grandparents and carers; enabling your children to play and interact in a safe and welcoming environment. To join the waiting list or find out more please Contact Jane Addenbrooke 0161 928 4182

St Peter’s Baby Group Meets Every Monday 10.15am till 12noon (except Bank Holidays )

Meet us in the Garden Room of St Peter’s House (the white building in the church grounds) for pregnant and new mums with babies under 12 months. Contact Rachel Brown 07773 310168

Flames - Youth group Sunday 5 November 6.30pm-8pm Plenty of fun, food and faith designed for young people from school years 5, 6, 7, 8 and upwards. For more information and offers of help please Contact Jane Addenbrooke 0161 928 4182

Voice Youth Choir & Orchestra Monday 6 November 7pm-8.30pm

Please see the Voice flyer on Notice Boards. Contact Jane Addenbrooke 0161 928 4182

Vacancies Can you spare just an hour a month? Please take a moment to look at our Vacancies display at the back of Church to see how you can help. Contact Jayne Ingham in the Parish Office if you are interested in any of the positions advertised 0161 928 3374

Church Warden @ St Peter’s If you are interested in becoming a Church warden please contact Revd Keith on 0161 928 4182. To ask about what this rewarding role involves please contact our Church Warden Keith Neal 0161 980 3343 or speak to Vicki Wells 0161 928 2974

If you need assistance before, after or during a service, please speak to our Verger, Church Wardens, Welcomers or Sidespeople (they wear blue name badges) who will be pleased to help. Please turn off your mobile phone while in church.

There is also a children’s area at the front of church with toys, books and colouring sheets. There are toilets and baby changing facilities in St Peter’s House. If you are a UK taxpayer, please use the yellow Gift Aid envelope at your seat to make your donation. This will add to the value of your gift at no further cost to you. Please consider joining our stewardship scheme to regularly support the works of St Peter’s, home and abroad.

Welcome to Worship! If you are visiting, or here for the first time, you are

especially welcome; please make yourself known to someone wearing a blue name badge.

Sunday 5 November All Saints Sunday

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP p.190) Revelation 7: 9-end (NT p.231) Matthew 5: 1-12 (NT p.3) 10am Holy Communion with Sunday School Revelation 7: 9-end (NT p.231) Matthew 5: 1-12 (NT p.3) 6.30pm Evensong (BCP) Isaiah 65: 17-end (OT p.632) Hebrews 11: 32-12:2 (NT p.210)

Collect

God of holiness, your glory is proclaimed in every age: as we rejoice in the faith of your saints, inspire us to follow their example with boldness and joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sunday 12 November Remembrance Sunday 3rd Sunday before Advent

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP p.192) 1 Thess 4: 13 - end (NT p.190) Matthew 25: 1-13 (NT p.26) 10am Matins ( BCP) with Act of Remembrance and Sunday School 1 Thess 4: 13 - end (NT p.190) Matthew 25: 1-13 (NT p.26) 11.30am Remembrance Toddler Service 6.30pm Said Evensong (BCP) Judges 7: 2-22 (OT p.209) John 15: 9-17 (NT p.102)

Collect

God, our refuge and strength, bring near the day when wars shall cease and poverty and pain shall end, that earth may know the peace of heaven through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

BCP - Book of Common Prayer NT - New Testament OT - Old Testament Details of all services & contacts can be found at www.stpetershale.org.uk. Notice boards in the North & South Porches of church & in St Peter’s House display current and future events plus Community Notices & requests for Help Needed.

St Peter’s Weekday Services You are warmly invited to join us at Morning Prayer every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 9am in church and to join our welcoming congregation every Wednesday at 10am for Holy Communion (BCP) in St Peter’s House Chapel followed by morning coffee at 10.30am.

End of Harvest Project Sunday 5 November 10am service The Church of the Ascension in Salford which was recently destroyed by fire, could take two years to repair so St Peter’s Harvest Project 2017 will be helping to provide kitchen facilities for the rebuilt Church, enhancing community use and enabling catering education. Please make your cash donations after the service. Remember a blue Gift Aid envelope makes your donation go further.

Harvest Food Donations

Any Harvest food donations will be gratefully received by Barnabus. We welcome donations of: Tinned food: meat, potatoes, sausages & beans, veg, spaghetti, hot dogs, baked beans, soup, corned beef, tuna, fruit, custard, rice pudding. Packet food: (Long Life): biscuits, crackers, cakes, sweets, crisps, small chocolate bars. Dried food: pasta, rice, noodles, soup, sugar, tea, coffee, milk powder. We will also continue to accept the following items in support of Barnabus: jeans, joggers, jumpers, t-shirts, shoes, boots and trainers, coats, gloves and scarves, new socks and new small / medium boxer shorts. Any mini toiletries, bars of soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs. All of the above can be left in the plastic boxes at the back of church. Thank you.

Church Women’s Fellowship Monday 6 Nov 7.45pm St Peter’s House

Come and listen to Revd Brian Jolly, Minister at Hale URC talk about ‘Around and about in Bethlehem.’ All welcome. Contact Mary Ballantyne 016 1941 2602

Tea and Testament Tuesday 7 November 2pm

All invited to join us at a group members home for a look at a bible passage, some interesting discussion and a cup of tea. A book is chosen from the New Testament for study. One member volunteers to do some deeper research and leads the discussion. These are stand alone sessions so please come along even if you've missed a few. Contact Janet Ridehalgh 0161 928 3246

St Peter’s Bible Book Club Wed 8 November at 8pm St Peter’s House

All are welcome. Please read the book of Mark in advance and come prepared to share your insights on this gospel. See also www.biblesociety.org.uk/biblebookclub Next meeting planned for 6 December. Contact Keith Neal 0161 980 3343

Men’s Breakfast Saturday 11 November 8.15am-9.30am St Peter’s Assembly Rooms Come and hear from our guest speaker Richard J. Ridyard who is a volunteer for Prostate Cancer UK. £5 per person for a full English Breakfast. Sign up on the sheet at the back of church. Contact Michael Moore 0161 926 8625

Hale Community Service of Remembrance Sunday 12 November 2.45pm Meet at Hale Library on Leigh Road and walk to the Cenotaph on Hale Road.

Rural Dean Commissioning Monday 13 November 7.30pm All Saints Church, Hale Barns

Please support Revd Clair Jaquiss on her appointment as Rural Dean, with Bishop Libby Lane and Archdeacon Ian Bishop.

SPROUTS Walk St Peter’s Rambling & Outdoor Society

Sunday 19 November 11.30am St Peter’s Assembly Rooms A short easy walk of approx. 2½ miles with no styles, from the Bird in the Hand, Mobberley where we return for lunch about 1.30pm, non-walkers welcome to meet us at the pub. Sensible shoes and warm clothing required. Contact Michael Moore 0161 926 8625

Men’s Fella-Ship Wed 29 Nov 7.30pm St Peter’s House

St Andrew’s Day Celebration (change of event) Enjoy an evening of Scottish culture, food and music. £10 per person. Closing date Sun 26

Nov. Please put your money in a named envelope marked St Andrews Celebration and drop it to the Parish Office or give to Michael. How about wearing something Scottish, like a ‘kilt’ if you have one or some tartan? Contact Michael Moore 0161 926 8625

St Ann’s Light Up A Life Wednesday 6 Dec 7pm St Peter’s Church

If you would like to attend this special please order your free tickets at www.community.sah.org.uk/light-up-a-life Donations can also be made on this website.

Academy of St Peter’s String Orchestra Thursday 7 December doors open 11.45am St Peter’s Assembly Rooms

All invited to enjoy an hour's music for strings and harp with works by Vaughan Williams, Handel and Elgar. Coffee will be served. Admission is free but there will be a collection after the event going to a local charity. Contact Lucy Nattrass 0161 928 2679

St Elizabeth’s Book & Craft Fair Saturday 9 December 12noon

Come along, browse and buy books and crafts, perfect as Christmas gifts and stocking fillers. Help raise funds for this rural church. Contact Catherine Jones 0161 941 4329

Canon David Wyatt needs help! St Paul’s Salford Food Boxes

Weekly donations of tinned, jarred and packet food are made up as emergency food boxes for people in need. Thank you to all those who have already signed up, we still need more help so if you are able to find time to help deliver to St Paul’s or to make food donations please contact Gillian Stopford 929 5621, Sue Stubbs 928 9055 and Bernice Curran 0161 904 9820

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Groups and Societies Please remember to contact the Parish Office to book rooms in St Peter’s House for your group or society in 2018.

St Peter’s Magazine Nov/Dec This will be the last magazine in this format. During the Spring of 2018 we will be launching a free newsletter which will have information about our local community as well as our church. The newsletter is planned to be a quarterly publication. Please continue to let us have any articles and information of events that you think will be of interest to our readers.