The 3 Churches

Morning Prayer
2024-05-03 09:00 - 09:30 UTC | Mawdesley St Peter’s
We would like to extend a warm welcome to everyone to come and join us for morning prayer.

Family Service
2024-05-05 09:00 - 21:45 | Bretherton St John’s
Please come and join us for our short child friendly service. It’s a service with a Christian message and lot’s of smiles; sometimes volunteers from the congregation join in.

Parish Eucharist
2024-05-05 09:15 - 10:15 | Croston St Michael’s

Parish Eucharist
2024-05-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Mawdesley St Peter’s

2024-05-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Mawdesley St Peter’s
Mawdesley St Peter’s – Tuesday 7th May 2024 at 7 p.m. in the Parish Room.
The meeting will elect Church wardens and PCC members and consider the Annual Report and Accounts for 2023.
Anyone on the Electoral Roll of the parish is entitled to attend and vote at the meeting.
Formal Notices of the meeting will be displayed in church, for further information please speak to your Church Wardens and PCC Secretary.

Family Service
2024-05-12 09:15 - 10:00
Please come and join us for our short child friendly service. It’s a service with a Christian message and lot’s of smiles; sometimes volunteers from the congregation join in.
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Parish Eucharist
2024-05-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Bretherton St John’s
Please come and join us for our service today.
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.

Parish Eucharist
2024-05-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Mawdesley St Peter’s

Chorley Deanery Mission – ‘Come and See’ and Bingo
2024-05-19 10:00 - 11:00 | Croston St Michael’s
We will be joining in with this year’s Deanery mission event on 19th May.
We will have our joint United Benefice service as usual (Croston), then refreshments will be served with some songs/activities, we then invite you to join in with our United Benefice Bingo.
Bishop Philip will be joining us for this service and is also speaking before the Bingo.
Everyone Welcome.
Keep an eye on our Facebook pages for updates!

Wedding Service 25-May-2024
2024-05-25 00:00 | Bretherton St John’s
The marriage of Bethany Dagnall and Thomas Martland will take place at Bretherton, St John’s on the 25th May.

Wedding Service 25-May-2024
2024-05-25 12:00 - 13:30 | Croston St Michael’s
The marriage of Carmel Howarth and Toby Sinclair will take place at Croston, St Michael’s on the 25th May at 12pm.

Wedding Service 1-June-2024
2024-06-01 | Croston St Michael’s
The marriage of Samantha Rose Ascroft and Andrew James Wilkinson will take place at Croston, St Michael’s on 1st June.

Children’s Sunday Club – St Michael’s
2024-06-02 09:15 - 09:45, 2024-07-07 09:15 - 10:00 | Croston St Michael’s
Come and join us for Sunday Club in the Vestry at St Michael’s beginning at 9:15am.
There will be crafts, games, stories, a chance to make new friends and much more.
All primary and secondary age children welcome.

St Michael's Gift Day
2024-06-02 10:00 - 16:00 | Croston St Michael’s
Over the next few weeks, we will be encouraging everyone to review their giving to the church in terms of both time and money.
Our income has fallen substantially as costs have increased and we have vacancies for a Church warden and on our PCC.
We need to get ourselves in shape before the new Rector arrives and the proposed parish merger goes ahead. We will be holding a Gift Day Service on 2nd June and a day of events focused on Stewardship.
Please speak to Andrew Marston, Hilary Lloyd or Derek Alty if you need more information.

Wedding Service 8-June-2024
2024-06-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Bretherton St John’s
The marriage of Melissa Anne Graham and Adam Warren Ladd will take place at Bretherton, St John’s on 8th June at 2pm.

Open Church - St Peter’s Mawdesley with Bispham
2024-06-15 11:00 - 16:00 | Mawdesley St Peter’s
Come and join us as we celebrate 150 years of Walking Day and the Tea Party 15th and 16th June 2024, 11am – 4pm. Everyone welcome!

Wedding Service 15-June- 2024
2024-06-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Croston St Michael’s
The marriage of Kirsty Elizabeth McNeill and Julian Howard Dunderdale will take place at Croston, St Michael’s on the 15th June at 2pm.

Open Church - St Peter’s Mawdesley with Bispham
2024-06-16 11:00 - 16:00 | Mawdesley St Peter’s
Come and join us as we continue to celebrate 150 years of Walking Day and the Tea Party 15th and 16th June 2024 11am – 4pm. Everyone welcome!

Holy Communion
2024-06-19 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-06-26 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-07-03 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-07-10 10:00 - 10:30
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.

Trinity St Michael's Annual Duck Race
2024-06-22 13:00 - 16:00
Trinity St Michael’s School invite you to join them for their annual duck race in the grounds of St. Michael’s Church, Croston. Everyone welcome![/column]

St John the Baptist, Bretherton, Walking Day
2024-06-23 11:00 - 16:00 | Bretherton St John’s
St John the Baptist, Bretherton, Walking Day will take place on Sunday 23rd June at 11am followed by walk to the Congregational Church for an afternoon of fun, food and fellowship.

Bretherton St John’s Coffee Morning
2024-06-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Bretherton St John’s
Bretherton St John’s Coffee Morning 30 th June at Bretherton Endowed Primary School
Join us at 11am (after the joint United Benefice service) in the school hall for refreshments to raise funds for the 3 churches.

Croston Coffee Day
2024-07-06 13:00 - 17:00
Croston Coffee Day takes place on 7th July 2024. The running order this year is as follows:
1pm – Church Service
1:30pm – Procession leaves from Church Street
3pm – Stalls, games and refreshments
3:15pm – Magic Voices Choir
3:30pm – Magician
4pm – Brass Band Concert

Ladies Night
2024-07-11 19:30 | Mawdesley
Mawdesley with Bispham 150th Tea Party Celebrations Ladies Night

Children's Disco
2024-07-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Mawdesley
Mawdesley with Bispham 150th Tea Party Celebrations – Children’s Disco

Wedding Service 13-July-2024
2024-07-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Croston St Michael’s
The marriage of Joanne Elizabeth Iddon and Martin Peter Foster will take place at Croston, St Michael’s on the 13th July at 1pm.
