St Matthew's Church Stretton Warrington

Welcome to St Matthew's Church, Stretton!

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.

Welcome to St Matthew's Church, Stretton!

Christmas Tree Festival 2024

St Matthew’s Church Stretton

Christmas Tree Festival 2024

Festival opening times

Saturday 30^th November 2 - 5pm
Sunday 1^st December 2 - 5pm

Saturday 7^th December 2 - 5pm
Sunday 8^th December 2 - 5pm

includes a drink & mince pie

Enjoy 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 Hospice

Than you to Graham from Moore Camera Club for these beautiful images
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Pictures of trees from previous years can be viewed by following the link below

St Matthew's Tree Festival Gallery

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Morning Worship
Sunday 01 December 2024
Live-stream from
St Matthew’s Church
10.45am.

Youtube direct link

https://youtube.com/live/nDSXTjwJ2pw?feature=share

Notices

A MUSICAL EVENING

Friday 6th December 2024

7.00 pm
Friday 6th December 2024
St. Matthew's church
Join us for an evening of entertainment & refreshment
Tickets £5 adults / £3 children
Available on door or from:

https://pcc-of-st-matthews-stretton.sumupstore.com/

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Church Notices

Welcome to this week’s notices!

Week beginning Sunday 01 December 2024

Advent Compline and Reflection
Don’t forget that we start our series of Compline and Reflections for Advent this evening (Wednesday 27 November). Join us at St Cross at 7.30PM for a quiet moment in the run-up to Christmas.

Details of further dates and venues below.

The Singing Kettle
We will be going back to the Forties for tomorrow’s Singing Kettle. Join us at 2PM (on Thursday 28 November) in the church hall for a chat over a cuppa, and a bit of a singalong.

Church Notices

Week beginning Sunday 01 December 2024

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Church Notices

Services for Advent and Christmas

Week 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”.

Church Notices

Week beginning Sunday 01 December 2024

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Church History

Heritage Open Day Presentation

2024

Attached presentation for the Heritage Open Day by Stephen Edwards

history pdf — Produced by Stephen Edwards

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What is the common name given to the first four books of the New Testament?
(click for the answer)

Events & Services

Church Online

Fri 6 Dec 2024

Praise & Play 2:00pm - 3:00pm A Musical Event 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Sat 7 Dec 2024

Christmas Tree Festival 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Sun 8 Dec 2024

Holy Communion 8:00am Morning Worship 10:45am Christmas Tree Festival 2:00pm - 5:15pm

Sun 15 Dec 2024

Holy Communion 10:45am