St Catherine's Church, Over Alderley

12/10/2026

A message from Lesley to all who gave to The Oasis Centre's harvest appeal at yesterday's service:

"Please could you thank the good people from St Catherine’s for their great generosity this harvest. As you can see from the photo I sent the food bank cupboard is really well stocked now (but will be used to good advantage very soon)."

26/09/2026

The church roof is beginning to reappear! 🥳more news in your October Monthly Messenger which will be in church (Reading Room) tomorrow 😊

26/09/2026

Some of you may remember Ruth when she’s been to our services. In this talk Ruth will be covering Birtles Vicarage 😊 details in the post below 👇

🌍 Can you help us spread the word about All About That Place 2026?

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📅 All About That Place | 7–16 October 2026

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18/08/2026

You might know Patrick for his starring roles in the famous Birtles Nativity 💫 but he is destined for a bigger stage! We were thrilled to see Patrick being interviewed on the BBC about his GCSEs which he completed over 5 months using his eyes. You are an inspiration Patrick 🤩

01/07/2026

There will be a Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration for Alderley Edge School for Girls and its predecessor schools at 9.30am on Tuesday 7th July. Everybody is welcome. Please consider sharing this post.

28/06/2026

This morning we had our first service in the Reading Room as work has started on our roofing project! 🥳 It’s an exciting new phase for St Catherine’s and we were delighted to see as many worshippers as ever this morning. At a service of Holy Communion with Rev. Robin Pye we reflected on how we might use this time to welcome more people to our church 🤗
We had fantastic music from Chris, as Robin said - what he did with Amazing Grace… was amazing. We didn’t know the Reading room piano could sound so good 🙌 After the service have coffee and biscuits as usual and the parking is a bonus!

If you would like to join us any Sunday at 11.15am you will be made very welcome.

24/06/2026

🦇 Bat news and our move to the Reading Room

This Sunday (28th June) and onwards, services will take place in the reading room as work is beginning on our roofing project 😀

🦇 Last Thursday the ecology team saw more bats and with the help of their thermal cameras they could identify more species. The pipistrelle soprano as before, together with myotis (or mouse eared bats) and brown long eared bats. Quite a diverse population as reflects our community. All using the roof and more particularly the various openings in the roof for day roosts.

But the team are satisfied that there is no evidence of a colony or maternity roost. That means that the works to the roof can commence as planned once we have our bat license which is imminent.

We expect to be out of the Church for 5 months, but the contractors will be able to give us a more accurate timescale when they have taken the roof off. During this time, I’m sure issues will arise, but we shall overcome these in true Birtles fashion 🙌

The church yard will remain open during this time for those who are visiting graves.

07/06/2026

Rudy, held by Eva, receives a blessing from Rev Amy. He was more keen on being blessed than the treats on offer ☺️

07/06/2026

Today during our Blessing of the Animals service, led by Rachel and Amy, we pledged to do our best to restore our relationships with creation and with one another 🌍 We asked the Lord to be our shepherd and we prayed that we might find God in every living creature 💚

During the service we heard all the ways God is likened to animals and birds and we listened to Le Cocou a wonderful musical interlude - thank you Chris 🕊️

Rev. Amy blessed 21 dogs and 2 ponies! Thank you to all the young helpers during the service.

💚 Through the love we share with animals, might we live in your kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven 🐴🐕🕊️

Diocese of Chester

04/06/2026

Check out this event hosted by our friends St Philip and St James ✨

FUND RAISER FOR HEATING PROJECT.

We look forward to welcoming Dr Catherine Coull to St Philip and St James and hearing her talk about the Magic and the Science of the stones in Alderley. Tea and Cake too.
Wednesday 17th June 2026 at 2.45pm for 3pm start..£10,payable on door or use QR code below.