Church Hulme Parish Church
St Luke's - Holmes Chapel
From the Register
Burial of Ashes (at Knutsford Road Churchyard)
2nd March Geoffrey Edgar HOPLEY
16th March Hilary (Larry) PORTER
22nd March James Reginald JACKSON
Funeral
25th March Philip John SUTER (at The Birches)
Online version of Parish Magazine
It’s good to have our magazine back in print again this month – hopefully uninterrupted for the foreseeable future. For the time being we will also continue to publish an online version for those who cannot get a printed version.
Further information is availble in this month’s post from the editor.
Please email all suggested content to media@stlukesholmeschapel.uk
In this Issue – April 2021
From the Vicarage
The first Easter was such a disruptive time for the fledgling Christian church. We usually experience Easter as a reassuring reminder and a time which brings Christians together with a depth of joy and comfort.
Genesis Into Spring
The usual summer term letter will be sent out after Easter, but meanwhile the dates and details for April
Giving Thanks for our Vaccines
Here in Holmes Chapel, as more of our family, friends, and neighbours receive their COVID vaccinations, we rejoice and are glad that our loved ones are protected.
Focus in April
Lee Hardy will give a presentation on ‘Grace that Leads’ on Friday, 30th April at 7.55 for 8pm
Brinnington and Barnabus
Our friends continue to be most grateful for donations sent from here for the benefit of the community in Brinnington and the homeless friends at Barnabus.
Ecclesiastical Insurance Trust 130 Scheme
As some of you may be aware, our church buildings and contents are insured through the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office.
From the Editor
It’s good to have our magazine back in print again this month – hopefully uninterrupted for the foreseeable future.
Please Help To Tidy The Cemetery
If the COVID-19 restrictions have been eased by May, we will hold our first working party of the year to tidy the area around the memorials at the Knutsford Road Cemetery.
Vaccinations for the Homeless
A team from Urban Village Medical Practice has been outside Barnabus’s Beacon Support Centre in their mobile vaccination unit to offer the COVID19 vaccine to people experiencing homelessness,
Have you heard the one about…….
A woman was found guilty in court for a motoring offence and when asked for her occupation she said she was a schoolteacher.
Restart of services in St Luke’s church
Apr 3, 2021
Good News! We are very pleased to announce that limited services of communal worship have restarted at St Luke’s Holmes Chapel. There is now a restricted service of Holy Communion at 9.00am on Sundays and at 10.30am on Wednesdays, subject to the usual COVID-19 conditions of social distancing, wearing face covering etc.
Full information on the latest situation regarding physical and Zoom meetings and services can be found on our main website or Facebook page.