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December ‘09 edition
Community, which has been amazing. Thank you to everyone
building community
Christmas at St Chad’s
Unto us a son is given
2010 Diary
We’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in
St Chad’s a blessed Christmas and New Year. We have
both been hugely encouraged by the response to Bless the
who has volunteered. (If you’ve not already been contacted
by your team leader, please expect to be in the next week).
Share will be returning in mid January so we’ve provided you
with important dates for your diary in January and the months
beyond. We hope you find this information useful!

Jill Hookway and Johanna Pearson

“Glory to God in highest

heaven, and peace on
earth to those with whom
God is pleased.”
It took an army of angels to tell the incredible peace with one another, a way by which God
story of the arrival of God’s Son on planet earth. can once again take pleasure in the human
Jesus had been born and would live amongst race that has so damaged the earth he created.
us. The story is even more extraordinary Today we are the angels or messengers of
because we know how it ended. Christ died on God. The best way to catch the Christmas spirit
the cross and rose again so that a broken world is not by going to Christmas parties or even
full of broken people could be restored. Christmas services but by getting excited about
the message and sharing it with others.
We have a message that can change the world.
If we give all the glory to God, and not to the
false gods we squander it on, there can be
peace on earth – personal peace with God,

Bless the Community
Thank you to everyone who gave towards the
Hampers... we have raised over £1000!
GAP Process: Christmas at
Looking forward! St Chad’s
Thank you to everyone who
returned a church audit form! The
analysis from the first batch of forms
has been completed and reviewed
by the PCC. Many of you will be
wondering, “What now?”
Well… here’s how we will be hoping
to move forward:
December 2009
Invite everyone to attend a “Seeking
God’s vision” session where the
PCC members will lead discussions
around “What do we think God
wants our church to be like in 2009”,
and, based on where we are now,
what priorities and plans do we need
to embark upon to get there? Look
out for your invitation – and please
start seeking God for His wisdom.
Tuesday 12 January 2009
7.45pm, Romiley Lifecentre
“Seeking God’s vision” session for
the whole church, led and facilitated
by the PCC.*
Sunday 17 January 2009,
12.30pm, Romiley Lifecentre
Alternative “Seeking God’s vision”
session for the whole church, led
and facilitated by the PCC.*
*People are only asked to attend
one session – we hope that by
making two sessions available,
more people will be able to attend
overall.
Saturday 23 January 2009
PCC “Away Day” to seek God and
develop our vision and plans.
March 2009
Share vision and plans back with
the church family. Publish audit
summary.
March 2009
Submit GAP Plans to Chester
Diocese
March 2009 (date to be set)
Pray in the new vision, to tie in with
our APCM (Annual Parochial Church
Meeting).
Sunday 13th December
Normal Services at St Chad’s
3:00pm Chadkirk Carols
4:30pm Chadkirk Carols
Wednesday 16th December
12 noon Holy Communion
Thursday 17th December
10:00am Prampushers Service
Sunday 20th December
10:00am Traditional Carol for more info call 0161 430 6831
Service
7:00pm Evening Carols
Wednesday 23rd December
12 noon Holy Communion
Thursday 24th December
4:00pm Crib Service
5:30pm Crib Service (rpt)
11:15pm Midnight Communion
Friday 25th December
9:00am Communion
10:30am Christmas Praise
Sunday 27th December
9:15am Communion
Sunday 3rd January
9:15am Communion
10:45am 1BigSunday
Ian & Ruth would like to thank
everyone for their prayer, card and
messages of sympathy following
the death of Ian’s father, Bob Otto.
They were of much comfort.
Church Office
1-5 Stockport Road
Romiley
Stockport
SK6 4BN
Dates ahead:
2010
New Wine Developing a Healing
Ministry Training day
30th January 2010
All Saints, Marple
New Wine Women’s Day
6th March 2010
Harrogate International Centre
Loss & Bereavement Course
19th - 20th March
with Joan & Godfrey Reid
New Wine Prophetic
Gifting Training
8th May 2010
St. Leonard’s Church, Bootle
New Wine Kingdom Kid’s
leadership training day
15th May 2010
Holy Trinity, Ripon
New Wine Summer Conference
31st July - 6th August 210
Newark Showground
Book online asap for reduced prices
Elderly Visiting
Team Meeting
We are meeting up with the
Evergreen team from All Saints,
Marple, and they are going to
speak about their work with the
elderly on 21 January at 7.30pm
Contact Ann Russell for more info
phone (0161) 430 4652
email office@stchadsromiley.co.uk
web www.stchadsromiley.co.uk
Office Hours
Mon - Thurs 9 - 5pm