Alpha is a great way to find out more about the Christian faith in a hospitable environment where everyone is welcome and where no question is unwelcome. Find out more about Alpha here.We will be watching the Alpha film series together. We will be offering both English and Cantonese discussion groups and the films will be fully accessible in both language.You can ask to stay in touch about Alpha at St Mary's or register for the start of the course here.粵語啟發課程 - 按此查詢以保持聯絡或登記開始課程
<i>St. Mary's in the Marketplace is a Grade 1 Listed, pre-Reformation church right at the heart of Stockport's town centre. We have loads of magnificent space, a modern kitchen and toilets and nearby car parks. We are looking for ways to keep the building open during the week that are also Christian ministries and ideally run by others as their own businesses. The examples we are thinking of are:</i><br><i>A <b><u>cafe or restaurant or bakery</u></b> business that, for example, would serve our local community by offering free teas and simple coffees (like a Place of Welcome) but would have something unique about it to attract a wider client base and pay the bills.</i><i>A <b><u>Christian bookshop/ gift shop</u></b>.</i><i>We are in process of designing an <b><u>Escape Room</u></b> set in the English Reformation including a Gospel message that would literally be a Grade 1 Listed Heritage Escape Room - could you make a business out of running it?</i><i>But your imagination is the limit. If it's a business that is also a Christian ministry that in some way aims towards the <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-11/mtag-the-5-marks-of-mission.pdf">Five Marks of Mission</a> and is suitable to the setting then let's talk - contact Rev. Chris Blunt, <a href="mailto:c.blunt@stockportparish.net">c.blunt@stockportparish.net</a></i>
