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Parish Life
 Christian
Spirituality
Defining
Spirituality is difficult but it is a term we recognise in
our culture. At the most simple level, it suggests that we
are not comfortable with the story about the world we are
often told; that happiness and meaning, purpose and
fulfilment come solely from what we do, where we live and
what we own. So, interest in spirituality can simply mean a
searching for another value system.
St
Anne’s is a Christian community. Our values and
foundations are grounded in the Jesus story. For us, Jesus
describes holistically a way of living that brings a deep
sense of unity with the One who created us whom we call God,
with each other and with the world. This Spirituality is
what underpins everything that you will read in this
“What’s On”.
You
see, Christianity is not just about “going to Church”.
In fact, it’s not about that at all. It is about sitting
before the Jesus story and asking how we can live that out
authentically in the 21st Century. Christian Spirituality is
not about “me” but about how I can work with
others to bring about what Jesus called “The Kingdom of
God”.
There
is nothing dull about the Christian life. It is a
roller-coaster journey with a Divine companion, calling us
to live riskily for other people in lives of service, love
and hope. At St Anne’s you will find that Church, God and
Faith are all verbs, drawing us consciously on to witness to
the presence of Jesus. Why not take a risk yourself and give
us a go?
Our
Worship
Worship
is the most important activity of the Christian Community.
All the other things we do as Christians spill out from
this.
At St Anne’s we aim to provide, over the month, a rich
tapestry of worship, from the formal and traditional to
relaxed and children/young family orientated.
Our worship feeds deeply from the well of Anglicanism.
Central to the Christian life is feeding on Christ, in word
and sacrament and then living out the Christ-like life in
the world. The rhythm of our worship draws us in to ponder
the mystery of God’s love for us in Christ and empowers us
to serve him in our daily lives, at home, at work, at play.
This is our Worship pattern
 SUNDAY SERVICES
7.30am Morning Prayer
8.00am Eucharist
10.00am PARISH EUCHARIST
12 Noon Baptisms
6.00pm Evening Prayer
You will be very welcome at any of these services.
A few notes about these services:
We use Book of Common Prayer at 8.00am and 6.00pm on
the first Sunday of the Month.
The other 8.00am services use traditional language (thee and
thy).
Our 10.00am Eucharist uses modern language and a wide
musical repertoire, supported by the organ, our wonderful
choir and the music group.
On the Second Sunday of each month, we have an All
Age Eucharist at which we welcome those who have been
baptised the previous month. If you want to ask about
baptism, this is the service to come to.
During
term time, the Prayer Book Evening Prayer service is sung
with a setting of the canticles.
On the Third Sunday of each month the evening service
takes the form of Cafe Church. We sit around tables,
drink and eat nibble and engage with a variety of issues
from a Christian perspective.
MIDWEEK
SERVICES AT ST ANNE’S
Morning Prayer
7.30am Monday – Thursday
Eucharist
10.00am Wednesday
7.15am Friday
Sunbeams (After-School Church)
3.30pm Tuesdays in term time.
Open
Church
- 1st day of each month
St Anne's is open for prayer on the first day of each month.
It is good to have a space to spend time with God. We are
timing our short services to coincide with school opening
and closing - so that parents can drop off their children
and join us for a time of worship and prayer; the same will
be true in the afternoon.
9.00am
- ish Morning Prayers
10.00am Eucharist
3.15pm - ish Afternoon Prayers
St
Anne’s is the Parish Church. It was built in 1864 and you
can find more information about the history of the Parish
and Church here.
Life
at St Francis Church
St Francis serves the people of the south side of our
Parish. It is fully part of our Parish life and the clergy
and leadership team minister in both churches.
Worship at St Francis
 Sunday
10.00am Sung Eucharist
Afternoon Tea and Conversation
2.00pm on the second Thursday of the month.
Mother’s Union meets on the 1st Thursday of the month.
We have a regular Coffee Mornings and Afternoon Teas.
St Francis is geographically at the centre of the estate
which it serves. It is widely used by a variety of groups
and hosts meetings for Sale Moor Community Partnership.
We have a Toddler Group that meets on a Monday morning.
Red Dragon Karate meets on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Keep Fit meets on Thursday mornings.
If you wish to hire the building please phone 0161 962 3248
What
goes on in the Parish
Mothers & Toddlers
Friday 9.15am – 11.00am
A chance for adults (mums, dads, grandparents, carers) with
young children to meet and play. Drinks and biscuits and
dangerously more-ish bacon and sausage butties.
For more information, phone 0161 282 6357
St
Anne's Children’s Church
Sundays at 10.00am
We meet in term time in the Church Hall. There, we learn
about God through worship and activity and then join in the
Christian community towards the end of their worship over in
the Church.
For more information, phone 0161 283 0563
Sunbeams
Tuesdays 3.30pm – 4.30pm
So many families cannot come to Church on a Sunday. Sunbeams
is our After-School Church. It meets on a Tuesday in term
time, immediately after school. We begin with time of games
and play, a drink and a biscuit. At about 4.00pm, we move
into a time of worship and learning.
For more information, phone 0161 973 4145
Youth
Club
Fridays at 6.00pm – 7.30pm
The Youth Club is for Years 4 – 7. We meet in term time in
the Church Hall for fun and games. There is a tuckshop and
good adult supervision.
For more information, phone 0161 283 0563
Critical Mass
Second
and Fourth Sunday evenings of the month - in the Church Hall
Christian
Youth Group for secondary school age students—a chance to
engage with life issues from a Christian perspective, to
play and to chill
For
more information, phone 0161 973 4145
Choir
Our choir is a four-part choir (SATB) with some forty
enthusiastic members whose ages span seventy or more years.
The choir rehearses on Friday evening: the Junior Choristers
beginning at 6.45pm and the Seniors arrive a little later
and stay longer.
The Juniors are trained in the “Voice for Life” scheme
of the Royal School of Church Music. The progress through
their “in house” badges before achieving the Dean’s
and Bishop’s awards. As well as developing skills in
traditional church music, they enjoy preparing more secular
and even jazzy works for performance in Parish concerts
which are normally held in summer.
The full choir is kept busy preparing various styles of
music for our services: we sing anthems each month as well
as for special feasts and holy days. Larger scale works,
such as Faure’s Requiem and Vivaldi’s “Beatus Vir”,
are prepared for special occasions. At Christmas, carols
sung in the open air raise money for charities and we visit
local residential homes and sing round the wards of our
local hospital on Christmas Eve.
At the All Age Communion Service – held on the Second
Sunday of the month – there is an instrumental group to
lead the hymn singing. This group is drawn from both the
congregation and the choir – typical of the team spirit in
the music-making at St Anne’s with St Francis.
There is a splendid two-manual Wadsworth traker action organ
in the Church and organist is kept very busy playing for
weddings and funerals as well as for the Sunday services.
For more information, phone 0161 969 0067
Servers
St
Anne's is a liturgical Church. Our worship draws from the
great historic tradition of the Church in the West. Our
clergy wear vestments and they are helped, not only by the
choir in their singing, but by servers who help with the
sacred vessels and minister at the altar.
We
are always on the look for new for men and women, and
youngsters, too, in this ministry.
For
more information, phone 0161 969 3167
Adult
Groups
Christian Home Study Group
A
Regular meeting for study and prayer meets at 8 Russell Ave
on a Thursday in the evening
For
more information, phone 0161
282 8789
Reading
Group
Mondays at about 6 weekly intervals
Do you read and never have a chance to talk about it. The
Book Group is your opportunity to read and talk! Books are
chosen from the Church Times (www.churchtimes.co.uk/) and
elsewhere and cover a variety of genre.
For more information, phone 0161 973 4145
Seasonal Study Group
meets
at the Vicarage to look at selected material over a few
weeks.
For
more information, phone 0161
973 4145
Women’s
Group
Fourth
Thursday of the month.
For
women who are church members and those searching. Fun,
conversation and spirituality.
For
more information, phone 0161
962 8981
Men’s
Group
Third
Tuesday of the month.
For
guys who want to belong to a group. Spirituality, visits,
conversation, meals and a visit to the pub.
For
more information, phone 0161
613 8677
Film
Club
Third
Thursday of each month.
We
meet at the Vicarage to watch a film and talk about it. We
follow the ideas coming from Bible Society's Reel Life. (www.reelissues.org.uk/)
A great evening out, a chance to catch up on those films you
always wanted to see and an opportunity to tease out what
you have just watched.
For
more information, phone 0161
973 4145
Wednesday
Lunch
Wednesdays at 12 Noon.
On Wednesdays, Lunch is offered for local people. A chance
to meet lots of folk and have great meal at a very
attractive price.
ACF
1st Monday of the month at 7.30pm in the Church Hall.
The Church Fellowship is a strong body of men and women who
meet monthly to listen to speakers and to enjoy Christian
fellowship with one another.
For more information, phone 0161 962 1925
Mothers’ Union (www.themothersunion.org)
1st Thursday of the month at 2.30pm in St Francis.
2nd Monday of the month at 8.00pm in the Church Hall.
The Mothers’ Union is a worldwide organisation. Our local
branch meets across the parish and draws its members
together to learn, to listen, to pray and to play and to
respond to the concerns of the MU locally and nationally
For more information, phone 0161 962 3824
Overseas Group
The Overseas Group gathers to pray and to learn about the
Church across the world. The Group keeps the Church focused
on Project 404 run by USPG (www.uspg.org.uk)
which works with disadvantaged young men and women in
Madagascar. The Group also advises the Church on its
distribution of charitable monies.
For more information, phone 0161 969 0067
Girl Guiding
St Anne’s hosts 2nd Sale Moor Guiding groups and welcomes
1st Sale Moor Brownies as well.
2nd Sale Moor meets at the Church Hall on Trinity Road.
2nd Sale Moor Rainbows – Wednesday 5.00pm – 6.00pm 0161
973 4145
2nd Sale Moor Brownies – Wednesday 6.30pm – 8.00pm 0161
976 5972
2nd Sale Moor Guides – Tuesday 7.30pm – 9.00pm 0161 286
1623
1st
Sale Moor Brownies – Wednesday 6.30pm - 8.00pm
This unit meets at Clarendon Road Scout Hut
Scouting
9th Sale Scouts are sponsored by St Anne’s. They meet at
Budworth, next to St Francis Church.
Beavers – Wednesday 6.15pm – 7.30pm 0161 962 9392
Cubs - Tuesday 7.00pm – 8.30pm 0161 969 9352
Scouts – Wednesday 7.30pm – 9.15pm 0161 969 8558
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