The Halewood Ecumenical Team: Anglican and Methodist Together in Halewood
Welcome to HalewoodParish.org!
This is the online home of St Nicholas' and St Mary's, The Halewood Ecumenical Team
Finding your way around...
In the top lefthand corner of every page you will find a set of links that will take you to each of the sections of the site (and an arrow pointing to the section you are currently in). You will also find a link to a dedicated Search page.
The Revd Sarah Errington
The Revd Sarah Errington has been appointed to the post of Vicar in the Rectorial Benefice of Wrexham, with special responsibility for St John Rhosnesni, in the Diocese of St Asaph, Church in Wales. No dates have yet been fixed, but she expects to move during the summer holidays. Sarah is very pleased about the move, which will be a good one for her and the family; but they will be very sad to leave St Mary's and St Nicholas'.We pray for God’s blessing on Sarah & Steve, Nathan and Joel as they move to their new home, new church, new parish and new school, and for Sarah as she takes up her new post.
To read the full text of the announcement made on Sunday 23rd May, click here.
Arrangements for Services over the Summer
We have had to look very carefully at the arrangements we are making for services over the summer period – not least because with Sarah leaving, we have to provide services with one fewer member of staff, as well as taking Team members’ holidays into account. This means that, for the next few weeks, we will have a number of United Services on Sunday mornings, more than we have been used to, so please make a note of when and where these services are!
As usual, evening services will be shared with other churches in the South Liverpool Circuit: venues will be given in the weekly notices.
| Sunday 25th July | Sarah’s last Sunday in the parish: there will be a United Service at St Mary's at 11:00AM and no 11:00AM service at St Nicholas'. |
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| Sunday 1st August | Holiday Club Service at St Mary's at 11:00AM. No 11:00AM service at St Nicholas'. |
| Sunday 8th August | Services at the usual times – but the 9:00AM service at St Nicholas' will be Morning Prayer, not Holy Communion. |
| Sunday 15th August | United Service at St Mary's at 11:00AM. No 11:00AM service at St Nicholas'. |
| Sunday 29th August | United Service at St Nicholas' at 11:00AM. No 10:30AM service at St Mary's. |
Halewood Church Council's Annual Report
(in PDF format), as received at the Annual Meeting on Monday 27th April, is available here..Introduction
Who we are
St Mary’s and St Nicholas’ serve the town of Halewood within the borough of Knowsley, on the edge of the city of Liverpool.
The two churches seek together to serve the whole parish,and do so as an ecumenical partnership of Anglican (Church of England) and Methodist traditions. Both churches provide worship and ministry reflecting the two traditions.
The parish relates to the structures of both churches, and is part of the Anglican Deanery of South Liverpool and the Diocese of Liverpool; and of the Methodist South Liverpool Circuit and District of Liverpool.
Sunday Services
The main morning service is usually held at 10:30AM at St Mary's and at 11:00AM at St Nicholas'. St Nicholas' also offers a 9:00AM Communion on the second, fourth and fifth Sundays of the month. The two churches usually meet together for a United Service when there is a fifth Sunday in the month, and on other occasions. Our usual monthly pattern can be found here.
We usually have an evening service at 6:30pm. The venue and style of evening worship vary.
Please see our weekly Notices for details.
Children and Young People
We are proud holders of the Diocese of Liverpool's "Child Friendly Church" Award. This Award, first presented to us three years ago, was recently renewed following an inspection of the work we do with children and young people.
During the main morning service both churches offer crèche facilities for pre-school age children. There are also special activities for school-age children at Sunday School or Junior Church (except when the service is an all-age worship service). All those who work with children and young people in the parish are CRB verified and trained in child protection.
During the week, the parish offers clubs and activities for children and young people of all ages. You can find out more about our work with children and young people here. See our weekly Notices for up-to-date information.
Halewood Mothers' Union
The Mothers' Union is a Christian organisation committed to supporting marriage and family life. To find out more, click here.
Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals
For enquiries about Baptisms ('christenings') or Weddings at either church, please contact the Parish Office or see the notes for each church on their respective pages.
The Church of England has a great web site to help you plan a Church wedding - it's at YourChurchWedding.Org.
Funerals are usually arranged with us through a Funeral Director.
Please note that our ecclesiastical parish boundaries are not identical to the civic boundaries - for example, some Halewood postal addresses are in the parish of St Hilda's, Hunts Cross. You can see a map of our parish here. If in doubt, please contact us!
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