Parish Church of St Luke Holmes Chapel
Serving Christ in our local community
MU 150th Anniversary Celebration
On Sunday 9th August, Congleton Deanery MU groups joined with other groups from the Diocese to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Mothers’ Union, started by Mary Sumner, on Mary Sumner Day, in a special service of Evensong.
Ladies Italian Evening 17 July
St Luke’s held a second very successful Ladies’ Italian Evening on Friday evening 17th July in the garden of Bridget and David Senior.
Teddy Bears Picnic 12 July
Our first teddy bears picnic and zipline saw the children and families of our various church groups come together to enjoy a Sunday afternoon of fun around St Luke’s church grounds.
MU Planning Meeting 15 July
Our final meeting of the summer was held on an unusually hot Wednesday afternoon. After a short service we began thinking about plans for the coming year.
MU June Meeting
On 10th June we held our annual Strawberry Tea and fundraising meeting for overseas MU branches. Our speakers were Christine and Brian Donlon who recounted tales of an amazing African holiday.
MU meeting 20th May
During our May 20th meeting, David Shaw gave us a fascinating talk about the History of Eloping and Lord Hardwicke’s Marriage Act of 1753.
September letter 2026
When Jesus called his friend Simon a new name, Peter, or Rocky, he also said ‘on this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell will not overpower it’. Jesus wanted his disciples to build his church. He saw church as a group of people who would be added to. Building houses seems to be a constant theme in our part of the world. Building the church of God is the permanent theme of Jesus’ call to his people.
Praying together in the weeks of Trinity
This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God whose judgements are true and just…..