stmartin Archive

  • St. Martin’s Holiday Club

    St. Martin’s Holiday Club

    St. Martin's Holiday Club this year, Pirates, was a huge success.

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  • St. Martin’s Official Re-opening

    St. Martin’s Official Re-opening

    The Bishop of Warrington has re-opened St. Martin's Church after refurbishment.

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  • St. Martin’s Refurbished

    St. Martin’s Refurbished

    St. Martin's Church, Southdene has been completely transformed this year by a stunning refurbishment.

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  • Team Curate 2011

    Team Curate 2011

    Kirkby Team Curacy 2011

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  • St. Martin’s Refurbishment

    St. Martin’s Refurbishment

    St. Martin's refurbishment begins, creating a new community space for Southdene.

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  • Questions of Faith

    Questions of Faith

    Questions of Faith is a chance to explore the big questions - like 'Why are we here?'

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  • Holy Week and Easter

    Holy Week and Easter

    Come and celebrate Easter with us in Kirkby this year, with something for everyone over the course of the festival.

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  • Lent Prayer Course

    Lent Prayer Course

    Our Lent Course this year is a chance to explore praying in different ways.

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  • St. Martin’s at Christmas

    St. Martin’s at Christmas

    St. Martin’s Christmas services included this year a visit from Park Brow Key Stage 2 (Juniors), as well as the customary candlelit Carol Service, Midnight Communion and Christmas morning service. We also welcomed a new knitted nativity set!

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  • Kirkby Churches in Snow

    Kirkby Churches in Snow

    Pictures of St. Martin's and St. Chad's in the snow.

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  • Light Night

    Light Night

    On October 31st, we celebrated our 6th annual Light Night, an alternative to Halloween focussing on light and all things good. For two hours, we did craft, played games, did challenges, ate and drank, and generally had a fantastic time. Pictures are below.

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  • Stuart Townend concert

    Stuart Townend concert

    Members of St. Martin’s visited the Anglican Cathedral on Friday 23rd October for a concert of modern Christian hymns and songs with the world’s leading contemporary Christian song-writer, Stuart Townend and his band. We were treated to an eclectic mix of music, from jazz and...

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  • Christmas in Kirkby

    Christmas in Kirkby

    We have a busy programme of events planned for Christmas this year, with something for everyone around the four Church of England churches here in Kirkby: Sunday 1st November: All Saints day. Services of commemoration for the faithful departed in all four churches, 4pm at...

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  • Welcome to our new blog

    Welcome to our new blog

    Welcome to our new blog. This is where we will be posting news stories from the Parish of Kirkby, and the four Church of England churches here, St. Andrew’s, St. Chad’s, St. Mark’s and St. Martin’s. Older news stories can be found at their previous...

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