Dear all. We are very pleased to announce that we will shortly be welcoming our new Vicar. The Revd Liz England will join the benefice in September.After a very good recruitment process and some lengthy paperwork we received the following announcement from the Bishops office.'The Bishop of Chester is pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Elizabeth England as the next Incumbent of the Rural Daneside Parishes. Liz is currently Team Rector of the six churches in the Buxton Team Parish. A service to welcome Liz is planned for Monday 9th September at 7pm. More information will follow in due course’.We are all very much looking forward to meeting and welcoming her to our Churches and look forward to getting to know Liz and family in the coming months.As the Bishop has said, we will be having a welcome service on the 9th September which will be hosted at Swettenham Church. More details about this will follow in the coming weeks.It is a very exciting time when we welcome a new Vicar to our wonderful parishes and we are all looking forward to our futures together.
The Benefice office of the Rural Daneside Churches has been relocated from the Vicarage to new premises.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.
Vindline Construction of Knutsford have been instructed by the Parochial Church Council to replace the gutters of St Peter's Church as they are leaking badly and were highlighted as a job to be done urgently in the quinquennial report. As the church is a listed building, certain conditions have tp be met to ensure listed status and that is why the work will cost so much. The work should be complete by 1st October. If you would like to contribute to the cost, please see Geoff, Church Warden and Treasurer, contact him by email geoffleech@uwclub.net or phone 07831 808532. You can also make online donations to the church using the QR code at the header of the article. If you are a UK tax payer, the church can receive an extra 25% of your donation at no cost to you. Please would you complete the attached form and return to the church or to Geoff. The name of the charity is Swettenham PCC. The total cost will be £11,390. Thank you.