In the next week or two...
No mid-week prayer meetings during August.
CLC, the Christian bookshop in Stockport,
is looking for some voluntary help on Saturdays - mornings, afternoons or all
day. If you are interested in helping, please contact John Watkins 
0161 480 1467 (working hours). This is a great chance to be
part of a local Christian mission and learn some retailing skills at the same time.
We are pleased to announce the Gift Day total so far is £32,500.
Listen to Prophecy by John White from the Prophecy Training Day in June.
Services during August
All Saints’ Church
8.00 am Holy Communion (1662)
10.15 am Morning Worship
6.30 pm Evening Worship
There will be Holy Communion services at 6.30 pm on 8 August and at 10.15 am on 15 August.
St Paul’s Church
10.30 am Morning Worship / Holy Communion
Summer fun during August
Exploring the Christian faith
Are you a new Christian or just interested in what the church has to offer? The Alpha course is a free ten-week course designed for people who are interested in exploring the Christian faith, see Alpha course. The next course starts on Tuesday 5 October at 7.30 pm.
Contact the Church Office if you think you might be interested.
Music in Hospitals recital
A light classical concert for all the family featuring internationally renowned cellist Adrianne Wininsky - based in the Marple Area - 2.30 pm on Saturday 11 September at All Saints’ Church.
Tickets £5 (adults), children free. Refreshments are available.
Jip or Sid on 0161 907 5387
Music in Hospitals is a charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life for adults and children with all kinds of illness and disability through the joy and therapeutic benefits of professionally performed live music in hospitals, hospices, day care centres, special needs schools, nursing and residential homes.
Advertising in the Focus newsletter
Do you want to advertise something and produce a notice, leaflet, poster or article for the Focus newsletter, the website or a shop window? To help you promote your event or service or course we have produced a checklist to help you when compiling your notice. You can find the checklist on the contact page.
Beechwood Cancer Care
Beechwood Cancer Care, Adswood, is making jams, jellies and chutneys to sell in their Beechwood shop. Please could you bring one-pound or smaller, empty jars with lids and leave them in the box outside the All Saints’ Church Office? If you could remove the labels that would be helpful.
Contact Jo Lovell 0161 449
8463.
Family days out
There are some family days out organised during the Summer holidays. Families with young children are welcome.
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Friday 20 August |
11 am Hyde Bank Farm |
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Friday 27 August |
11 am Trentham Monkey Forest |
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Friday 3 September |
11 am Manor Park, Glossop |
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Contact Heather Hills 0161 406 9798 if you plan to go.
130th anniversary, Strines
St Paul’s Church, Strines invites you to join in their 130th anniversary, 1880 to 2010.
Friday 27 August, Saturday 28 August
Open Day with an exhibition of life at St Paul’s
10.30 am to 3.30 pm each day
Morning coffee and afternoon tea served
Sunday 5 September at 10.30 am
Thanksgiving Service at which a new stained glass window will be dedicated by the Bishop of Stockport.
School’s Week
September 8th, 9th and 10th sees our 2010 School’s Week.
We will be welcoming all of the All Saints’ School children up to church on those days and we need a large group of volunteers to lead activities or to help with the children. All those people who have helped in the past years will tell you what a great time we have during these weeks. Please put your name down on the appropriate sheets in the corridor at All Saints’, or speak to Lillian Langshaw if you attend St Paul’s Church. We do need people to sign up now so we can start planning the sessions before the school goes into their summer break.
Contact Philip Alston 0161
406 610.
Kingdom Life course
This is a new course which will be great for people who have recently been on Alpha, who have come to faith and want to become established and grow in faith. Some people may want to come along as a way of renewing the foundation of their faith. The course runs at All Saints’ Church one evening a month on Tuesday evenings from 8 pm. You can come to one evening or to as many as you like. Please bring a bible with you.
Dates: 28 September, 26 October, 30 November, 25 January, 1 March, 29 March.
St Paul’s outing to Lichfield
Saturday 18 September, leaving Strines at 9.30 am with pick-up points in Marple and arriving home at 7 pm approximately. Cost, £10 for adults and £6 for children.
There will be an opportunity to meet Jonathan Gledhill, former curate, now Bishop of Lichfield, for coffee at some point during the day.
Contact Jim Hill 0161 427
1762 to book.
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