Our church building is on Stretton Road, just opposite the Park Royal Hotel. We are part of the Church of England Diocese of Chester and our parish covers Stretton and parts of Appleton. We are linked to St Cross Church, Appleton Thorn, just down the road.
Sunday services are usually held at 10.45 AM (These times vary occasionally, so please check weekly notices or contact us to check.) We also have a midweek communion service on Thursdays at 10.30 AM. If you want to call in to have a look at the church,
the best time is usually on a Wednesday morning when we are open for coffee ∼ Community Coffee Morning.
On Friday afternoons, we hold our Praise & Play service. This is aimed at children not yet at school and their parents and other carers. You can expect singing, a bible story, craft activities and a drink and a snack.
We have a church school, Stretton St Matthew's Church of England Primary. The school holds services in church each half-term and the church provides a weekly assembly. For details of admissions, please see the school’s website.
Our church building is on Stretton Road, just opposite the Park Royal Hotel. We are part of the Church of England Diocese of Chester and our parish covers Stretton and parts of Appleton. We are linked to St Cross Church, Appleton Thorn, just down the road.
Sunday services are usually held at 10.45 AM (These times vary occasionally, so please check weekly notices or contact us to check.) We also have a midweek communion service on Thursdays at 10.30 AM. If you want to call in to have a look at the church,
the best time is usually on a Wednesday morning when we are open for coffee ∼ Community Coffee Morning.
On Friday afternoons, we hold our Praise & Play service. This is aimed at children not yet at school and their parents and other carers. You can expect singing, a bible story, craft activities and a drink and a snack.
We have a church school, Stretton St Matthew's Church of England Primary. The school holds services in church each half-term and the church provides a weekly assembly. For details of admissions, please see the school’s website.
Christmas Tree Festival 2024
St Matthew’s Church Stretton
Christmas Tree Festival 2024
Festival opening times
Saturday 30th November 2 - 5pm
Sunday 1st December 2 - 5pm
Saturday 7th December 2 - 5pm
Sunday 8th December 2 - 5pm
includes a drink & mince pieEnjoy a visit to our beautiful church filled with decorated Christmas Trees.
Everyone is welcome, and this is a great event for all the family.
There will also be a Prayer & Remembrance Tree.
On these trees you will be able to leave prayer requests or the name/s of loved ones you wish to remember at this special time of year.The charity we will be supporting this year will be
St Rocco’s HospicePictures of trees from previous years can be viewed by following the link below
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A MUSICAL EVENING
Friday 6th December 2024
7.00 pm
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Church Notices
Welcome to this week’s notices!Week beginning Sunday 01 December 2024
Advent Compline and Reflection
Details of further dates and venues below.
The Singing Kettle
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Church Notices
Services for Advent and ChristmasWeek beginning Sunday 01 December 2024 I came across a rumour that this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special will involve a visit to Bethlehem for the Nativity. (The episode is, apparently, going to be called Joy to the World.) But if you could get into the Tardis and travel back to Bethlehem at that time, what exactly would you have found? Of course, you don’t need a Tardis to know what is happening in Bethlehem today. In a normal year, the city expects around 2.5 million tourists, many of them coming to spend Christmas in the birthplace of Jesus. But in 2023, Christmas was ‘cancelled’ because of the situation in Israel,which continues. The Christmas carol, Silent Night, is a lullaby sung to the ‘holy infant, so tender and mild’. In it, we urge the newborn Jesus to “sleep in heavenly peace”. The song envisages the birth of Jesus taking place in a context where: “All is calm, all is bright”. Continue Reading...Posted 4 days ago |
Church History
Heritage Open Day Presentation2024
Attached presentation for the Heritage Open Day by Stephen Edwards Continue reading.....Posted 2 months ago |