Rev Jim Cartlidge will become the Vicar of the Rural Daneside Churches on 7th July. Jim is currently Assistant Curate in the benefice of Stone St Michael and St Wulfad with Aston St Saviour in the Diocese of Lichfield. The Bishop of Chester will institute Jim at a service in Swettenham St Peter on Monday 7th July at 7pm. Jim will be inducted during the same service.
If you have any names that you would like to be placed on the weekly pew sheet's prayer list, please would you email rural.daneside@gmail.com or leave a message on the vicarage answerphone on 01260 224447. It would be helpful if you could let us know which church you are with.It would also be very helpful if you could let us know when the name can be taken off the list. Thank you.
The postal address for the Benefice remains:The VicarageSchool LaneMartonMacclesfieldSK11 9HDThe Benefice office of the Rural Daneside Churches has been relocated from the Vicarage to new premises. It does not have a post box.The address is:Colshaw Heath FarmColshaw LaneSiddingtonMacclesfieldCheshireSK11 9LZThe office will usually be open on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.To contact the benefice administrator, during her working hours of Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, the number is 07443 902 191.The dedicated number for christenings, baptisms, weddings and funerals is 07410 223386.The vicarage landline will continue to be monitored during the week.
Here is one of a series of history walks looking at Cheshire churches. 'From the Saxons to St Peter' tells the history of this ancient place of worship standing in the Cheshire village of Swettenham. James explains how evidence unearthed during renovations of 1846 led to the discovery of a Saxon sandstone cross in the foundations. James also takes a complete tour of the inside of the church to highlight artefacts that still remain today from centuries past. A lovely film set in the heart of the Cheshire countryside with stunning aerial views, produced by James Balme of Historic Churches UK .Click https://youtu.be/peefcbNu2eQ to see the video.
