Holy Communion
2025-06-11 10:00 - 10:30 UTC | Croston St Michael’s
Please come and join us for our service today.
You are invited to receive the bread and wine if it is your custom or to come up for a blessing. All children are invited up to receive a blessing.
For anyone with mobility difficulties, we can arrange for you to receive communion in your seat.

Music in the Woods
2025-06-14 19:00 - 23:00
St Michael’s will be holding the annual ‘Music in the Woods’ event on Saturday 14th June at 7pm to 11pm. This year ‘The Frequency will be performing for us; tickets are on sale now – £15 for adults, accompanied children are free.

United Parish Eucharist
2025-06-15 10:00 - 11:00 | Bretherton St John’s
Please come and join us for our service today and celebrate Holy Communion with us.
At this service, after the sermon and prayers, we remember and celebrate the death of Jesus Christ on the cross for us all. We thank God for His great saving act of sending His Son to die for us and conquer sin and death.
Everyone is invited to participate in this service. You are invited to receive the bread and wine if it is your custom or to come up for a blessing. All children are invited up to receive a blessing.
For anyone with mobility difficulties, we can arrange for you to receive communion in your seat.

Bretherton Walking Day – 11am Sunday 22nd June
2025-06-22 11:00 - 12:00
We join with our friends from the chapel and school to celebrate the feast of our Patron Saint John the Baptist and our annual walking day. The church service will be followed by Morris Dancing from the children of Bretherton Endowed then we up walk to the Chapel to share fellowship and refreshments. Everyone welcome to come along, and lets pray the sun is shining for us next week!

United Parish Service - Festival of St Peter
2025-06-29 10:00 - 11:00 | Mawdesley St Peter’s

Morning Prayer
2025-07-04 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-07-11 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-07-18 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-07-25 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-08-01 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-08-08 09:00 - 09:30 | Mawdesley St Peter’s
We would like to extend a warm welcome to everyone to come and join us for morning prayer.

Coffee Day
2025-07-05 13:00 - 17:00 | Croston St Michael’s
The Church service begins at 1pm followed by the procession at 1:30.
Following the procession there will be a variety of entertainment and refreshments will be available.

Bretherton Prayer Walk
2025-07-09 18:00 - 19:00
We will be meeting outside St John’s Church at 6pm for a very gently and flat walk. We will walk and chat, stopping to pray at specific places throughout the village before returning to St John’s. Join in for as much as you are able to as we bathe Bretherton in prayer.

Organ Concert
2025-07-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Croston St Michael’s

United Parish Tea Party Service – Marquee @ Mawdesley Cricket Club
2025-07-13 11:00 - 12:00

Youth Group & BBQ
2025-07-13 16:00 - 17:30 | Croston St Michael’s
The 1st Youth Group get together will be on Sunday 13th July 4-5:30pm at St Michael’s Church. Weather permitting, we will be in Bishop Chester’s Woods behind church and enjoying a mouth watering BBQ! I am asking for anyone who would like to be part of this new venture in any way (up front leading, supporting, preparing food/drinks etc) to speak with me ASAP. Those being confirmed this year – 27 young people will be invited to attend, eat, have fun and learn more about Jesus. Could you be part of changing a young persons life and in the process transforming our churches? Talk with Revd Tracy without delay.

Year 7 Welcome Service
2025-08-27 09:00 - 09:30 | Croston St Michael’s
On Wednesday, we will be welcoming the new Year 7 students from Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy, and their families, into St Michael’s Church for a special service at the beginning of their time there. We look forward to them being part of our family as we continue our ministry in school and welcome them into church.

Today's Services
2025-09-07
9am – All Age Holy Communion – Croston
11am All Age Morning Worship – Bretherton
11am All Age Holy Communion with Baptism- Mawdesley

Parish Youth Group
2025-09-14 16:00 - 17:30 | Bishop Chester’s Woods
Parish Youth Group – Years 5 upwards
The next Youth Group will be on Sunday 14th September 4-5:30pm. Bishop Chester’s Woods. All welcome!

Macmillan Coffee Morning
2025-09-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Croston St Michael’s
Our parish will be supporting the Macmillan Coffee Morning by selling and eating cake following the Joint Service on Sunday 21st September. We do ‘eating cake’ so well, therefore we thought we’d play to our strengths! If you are able to bake or bring a cake/biscuits then please bring them with you and pop them on the table before the service begins. Please remember to list the ingredients on a piece of paper for those who have allergies and may need to avoid certain ingredients. This is a wonderful charity to support and I’m they will be very grateful for any donations we are able to send on to them. Thank you in advance.

Lancashire Constabulary Chorley Rural West - Meet & Greet Drop-in Session
2025-09-22 11:00 - 13:00 | Croston Methodist Meeting Room
PC Georgina Anson and PCSO Julie Belshaw are holding a Meet & Greet drop-in session
on Monday September 22nd between 11am to 1pm at Croston Methodist Meeting Room. The aim is to meet those living and working in the villages and for them to alert the police to their concerns. Georgina is new to the area and Julie has been based at Coppull, pop by and say hello.

Parish Harvest Supper
2025-10-04 19:00 - 22:00 | CROSTON Old School
Two course hot pot supper, BYOB, entertainment. Tickets £12, Children £6 from any of the three churches or 01772600962

Harvest
2025-10-05 09:00 - 12:00
Our Harvest celebrations will take place on Sunday 5th October in each of our churches. We will be taking gifts of food (packets / tins) and toiletries for the Foodbank. You can bring your gifts on the day or over the next few weeks. Our ability to help others, no matter how small, is a generous act of kindness and recognition of God’s provision to us.
9am Harvest – Croston
11am Harvest – Bretherton
11am Harvest – Ctoston

Bible Sunday
2025-10-26
Sunday 26th is Bible Sunday, come to church with your Bibles for a blessing and if you have any ‘good quality’ spare Bibles that you’d like to donate we’d be very happy to share them with people who don’t have one.

Youth Group – St Michael’s Church, Croston
2025-10-26 16:00 - 17:30
All children from year 5 upwards are welcome. We may venture outside if the weather is dry, please make sure to bring a coat just in case!

Croston Singers' Concert
2025-11-08 18:00 - 20:00
The Croston Singers present ‘ Happy days are here again…’ a remembrance and celebration concert.
Tickets are available from Croston Singers or you can pay on the door.
Please see the poster for further information.

Remembrance Sunday Services
2025-11-09
10.15am – Joint service at Congregational Chapel, War memorial 10.45am – Bretherton
10.45am – Holy Communion with Act of Remembrance – Mawdesley
12.45pm – Procession from the Old School with service at memorial 1pm. Service in church to follow at approx. 1.25pm – Croston
2.30pm – meeting at Four Lane Ends, procession at 2.40pm to War memorial, 3pm service at war memorial. – Mawdesley

Safeguarding Sunday
2025-11-16 10:00 - 11:00
Next Sunday is a Joint Service at St John’s Church, Bretherton. During the service we will hear about the Parishes efforts to create a safe and healthy culture to speak about what concerns us, individually and as a church family, all wrapped up in why we should do this…because Jesus said we should, “Love one another, as I have loved you”. We will hear from our Safeguarding team, have a fun quiz and our youngsters will have an activity or two to complete. Oh, and there will be cake!! I encourage everyone to come together to worship the Lord as a parish family. Revd Tracy

The Reading of the Gospel of St Matthew - St John's Church, Bretherton
2025-11-23 15:00 - 18:30
The gospels weren’t always broken up into nice neat chapters with helpful titles. When we read large chunks of scripture in one go, we see the overarching messages the gospel writers wanted us to hear and often notice some new and surprising things along the way. We will be hosting an afternoon where we can listen to each other reading a portion of the gospel or simply just come to listen. From the genealogy of Jesus in chapter 1 to the resurrection and the commissioning of the disciples in chapter 28, should take approximately 3 hours and 10 minutes. There will be refreshments to keep us going! You are welcome to bring a friend and something soft to sit on! Children are welcome and there will be activities for them to do.

Concert by Eccleston Brass Band – Croston Trinity Methodist Church
2025-11-28 19:45 - 21:30
Come and join us for a great night of live music for all!
Admission £8 for adults, children free – includes refreshments
No ticket required – pay cash on the door. Raffle drawn in the interval.
