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Updated October 1st 2026
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DIARY DATES: OCTOBER
N.B THE BIBLE SUNDAY SERVICE WILL BE ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 25TH AT ST MARY’S CHURCH, MARPLE BRIDGE AT 4 PM – MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
SATURDAY 10th CHURCHES TOGETHER SPONSORED WALK FOR THE WELLSPRING STOCKPORT 9.45 Gather at Holy Spirit Church Leigh Avenue, Marple to register. Start walking at 10am. This year we are doing a shorter walk up the Ridge, down over the canal to Strines then climbing again to St Thomas Church, Mellor where the walk concludes. You can continue walking back to Marple if you feel energetic or catch a bus.
Wellsp. walk poster for 2026 to download. Sponsor form to downloadsponsor form 2026 pdf You can donate here https://www.justgiving.com/page/marian-thompson-5
Find out more about the Wellspring. https://www.thewellspring.co.uk/
walking in 2025 
Saturday 17th Fairtrade Coffee Morning 10 – 12 Marple URC.
Saturday 24th St Martin’s Heritage Trust : SING JOYFULLY A concert by Capriccio Vocal Assemble 7.30 pm in church . More details : Fletcher poster
Tuesday 20th at Manchester Cathedral, Victoria Street, Manchester, M3 1SX Are reparations needed to end global poverty? Across the Caribbean and Africa demands for reparations from countries benefitting from the transatlantic slave trade are growing. But as Global South countries face crises of climate change, debt injustice and an unequal economic system, are reparations the answer to these challenges?
Join Professor Michael Taylor, Emeritus Professor of Social Theology at University of Birmingham, in conversation with Richard Reddie, Director of Justice and Inclusion at Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, as we explore whether reparations are needed to end global poverty. 6.30pm: Doors
7 pm: Conversation chaired by Osai Ojigho, Head of Policy & Influencing at Christian Aid; followed by panel discussion and Q&A with Michael, Richard, and Revd Grace Thomas, Canon Missioner at Manchester Cathedral. Drinks from 8.30pm
NB. If you plan to go please contact Alastair Johnston Church Engagement Fundraising Officer to arrange numbers caid.org.uk | 020 7523 2096 | 07778 109 661 | ajohnston@christian-aid.org
N.B Weekly meeting for prayer 7 – 8 am at Connect, Queen Street, Marple. For some time people have been meeting every week to pray for all our churches, our community and our world. They invite anyone who can manage the early start to join them.
Prayer Diary for August 26 – January 27 see below
Advance notice:
The Early Days at St Martin’s: Its Place in the Anglo-Catholic Movement Saturday 21 November 2026, 2.30-4.00 in the Hall, with tea
Download the full programme with details of each event here: St Martin’s Heritage Trust Programme Autumn 26
For more information see our website https://www.stmartinsheritagetrust.org.uk/
Our prayer diary contains weekly prayer prompts and information about the projects you support to help guide your prayers. As you follow our prayer diary through the year, you’ll meet Yvette and Mousa in Gaza, Lily and Wael in Syria, Sarah in the West Bank and Hana in Lebanon. All social workers or healthcare professional, they continue to stay, even amid the most difficult of circumstances, to bring healing, comfort and support to their neighbours. Download here: Embrace_Prayer_Diary_Aug26_Jan27
EASTER SONRISE (SUNRISE) SERVICE at RIDGE METHODIST CHURCH 2026
at 6.30 am followed by breakfast baps together.
Thank you to the Ridge Methodist Church for their hospitality.
WELLSPRING WALK Thank you to Kate Zijlstra for these photos ( a selection of the many she took!)
