Events

St Matthew’s Autumn Fair – Saturday 13th November

10 October 2010

Please come along & support the St Matthew’s Annual Church Fair Saturday 13th November from: 2.30pm at: Appleton Parish Hall, Dudlows Green Road. Stall include: Cakes, produce, crafts, a red-green-and-gold stall, bric-a-brac items, toys & books, tombola, raffle & children’s game – fun for all the family. Events like the Autumn Fair raise important funds [...]

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Stretton St Matthew’s School Harvest Service

6 October 2010

The Stretton St Matthew’s School Harvest Service is on Friday 8th October at 9.15am at St Matthew’s Church. Parents, grandparents and guardians are warmly invited to attend. If you are able to bring along a Harvest offering of: – fresh fruit / vegetables – long-dated non perishable groceries these will be gratefully received. The Church [...]

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Back To Church Sunday at St Matthew’s – 26th Sept 2010

11 September 2010

Please invite friends and family to join us at our special ‘Back To Church’ Sunday service at 10.30am on 26th September 2010. It doesn’t matter if they have never been to church before or haven’t been for a while. Please let them know that everyone is welcome. There will be refershments afterwards in the Church [...]

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St Matthew’s Back To School Church Service Sept 2010

11 September 2010

This week was an exciting time for some of our younger St Matthew’s Sunday School attendees. They put on their school uniform for the first time and joined the reception class at St Matthew’s CE Primary School for the start of the new school year. To mark the occassion, our vicar Elaine held a special [...]

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Stretton Walking Day & St Matthew’s School Summer Fayre 2010

8 July 2010

The 2010 Stretton Walking Day is on Saturday 17th July. Activities start with a Church Service at St Matthew’s Church at 11am.  During the service, the new Rose Queen will be crowned. At 12.00 prompt, the walk of witness will commence, led by the Mayor of Warrington, Rev Elaine Chegwin Hall and the Rose Queen [...]

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Crowning of the St Matthews Stretton 2010 Rose Queen & Retinue

18 June 2010

Thanks go to Eleanor Dailey and her retinue – Laura Nuttall, Saffron Smythe, Izzy Hanna, Joe Hyde and Louis Freeman – for their dedicated work in 2009/10. A warm welcome goes to the new St Matthews Rose Queen and her helpers. Names for 2010 were drawn at a recent assembly in front of the school.  [...]

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What Is Stretton Walking Day All About?

20 April 2010

A walking day is a type of church parade. Walking days are most common rural communities in the North West region of England, where they are an annual event for many towns and villages.  Locally, Walking Days tend to take place in villages in Warrington, St Helens and Wigan. St. Matthew’s Church, Stretton, has been [...]

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