St Paul's

Churchwarden’s report for October 2024

The Harvest Thanksgiving service duly took place on 6th October at

St. Mary’s; this was followed by lunch at the Mere and Tabley

Community Club attended by members of the congregations from

St. Mary’s, Holy Trinity, St. Paul’s and St. John’s High Legh plus

several members of the Clergy, some seventy in all. As usual it was

a convivial occasion.

Services for November include a Remembering service on 3rd at

St. John’s High Legh, Remembrance Sunday on 10th at St. Mary’s

and Holy Trinity and Christingle on 24th at St, Mary’s.

Sunday 24th November will be the last day of the current interreg-

num. Monday 25th November at 7 pm will see the induction of Revd.

Robert Thewsey as Vicar of the Parishes of Dunham Massey St.

Mark’s, Rostherne with Bollington and Over Tabley in the Deanery

of Knutsford. May his tenure in that role prove fruitful and rewarding.

Inevitably there will be changes not only due to changed circum-

stances but in any event: it is to be hoped that any such changes

will be for the benefit of all the parishes and their congregations.

Revd Robert will be moving into the vicarage with his family during

the last week in October. Thanks are due to Libby Whittle for

organising the interior cleaning and decoration and to Richard

Winward for his efforts in getting the garden under control.

The organ at St. Mary’s has been kept going over many years

thanks to the efforts of the organist, Andrew Bailey, in carrying out

running repairs to keep it going: that notwithstanding, replacement

of its great and swell divisions with more modern equipment has

finally become necessary and it is good to report that such has been

successfully carried out. I understand that further improvements are

in the pipeline.

Christopher Tetlow