ST CHAD’S AND ST MARY IN THE BAUM

ST Chad’s, on Sparrow Hill, overlooking the town centre, has been Rochdale’s Parish Church for over 800 years.

Together with our sister church, St Mary in the Baum, we are still serving the community of Rochdale today, and you are warmly welcome to join us over Christmas and the New Year.

Children’s activities are available during Sunday morning services, and refreshments are usually served afterwards. The Asian Christian

Fellowship meets on Sunday afternoons at 2pm.

Tomorrow, Sunday, December 31, is the 1st Sunday after Christmas. The Eucharist, with hymns, is at St Mary’s at

9.15 am and Choral Eucharist at St Chad’s at

11.15 am. The celebrant and preacher at both services is the Vicar, the Rev Anne Gilbert.

Each Monday, at St Mary’s, the Red Cross provides help for refugees from 10 am until 2 pm. Refreshments are available and admission is free.

On Wednesday next, January 3, at St Mary’s at

12.30pm, the Toad Lane Lunchtime Concert features Voci Voices, the ever popular singing quartet, accompanied by Jonathan Ellis, piano. Admission is £6.

On Thursday next, January 4, Morning Prayer is at St Chad’s at 10 am.

Sunday next, January 7, is when we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, when God reveals himself to the world in the form of the baby Jesus. The three kings, the Wise Men or Magi, visited the baby in Bethlehem. The Eucharist, with hymns, is at St Mary’s at 9.15 am and Choral Eucharist at St Chad’s at 11.15am. At both services the celebrant and preacher is the Area Dean, Canon Karen Smeeton.

St Chad’s and St Mary in the Baum wish everyone a Happy and Peaceful New Year.