Morning Prayer
2025-05-09 09:00 - 09:30 UTC | Mawdesley St Peter’s

Royal British Legion – Afternoon Tea Celebration – Saturday 10th May 2.30 – 5pm
2025-05-10 14:30 - 17:00 | Mawdesley Village Hall
Join in the celebrations at Mawdesley village hall for the 80th anniversary of VE Day and 80 years of the formation of Mawdesley RBL.
Tickets £12, Family ticket £35 available to purchase at the Spar or contact 822577.
Bar, Refreshments, 1940s costume optional. See Facebook for more details.

Holy Communion
2025-05-14 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-05-21 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-05-28 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-06-04 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-06-11 10:00 - 10:30 | 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.

Morning Prayer
2025-05-16 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-05-23 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-05-30 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-06-06 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-06-13 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-07-04 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-07-11 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-07-18 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.

United Parish Eucharist
2025-05-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Croston St Michael’s
Please come and join us for our Easter Sunday Celebrations and Holy Communion. There will be an Easter Egg Hunt immediately after the service.
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.

Funeral of Martin Wignall
2025-05-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Mawdesley St Peter’s
The funeral of Martin Wignall will take place at 10.30am on 20th May at St Peter’s, Mawdesley

Funeral of Margaret Rogers
2025-05-22 14:00 - 15:30 | Croston Trinity Methodist Church
The funeral service of Margaret Rogers will take place at 2pm on Thursday 22nd May at Trinity Methodist Church followed by burial at St Michael’s.

Year 11 Leavers' Service
2025-05-23 00:00 | Croston St Michael’s
There will be a special service in St Michael’s Church on Friday 23rd May for the Year 11 school leavers. We wish all of the young people currently in the exam season, with their eyes fixed on a
new educational adventure at various colleges in September, a fabulous and safe summer holiday.

Family Worship
2025-05-25 09:30 - 10:00 | Mawdesley St Peter’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 Confirmation Service 2025
2025-06-04 18:30 - 20:00
Parish Confirmation Service 2025
The Parish Confirmation Service is on Wednesday 4th June 6:30pm in St Michael All Angels’ Church, Croston. Preparation sessions for young people and adults are on Saturday 17th May 3:30pm-5:30pm and an additional session for adults on Wednesday 21st May 7-9pm. Contact Revd Tracy to add your name to the list.

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

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.
