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The Church of England is often seen as wealthy; people are often surprised to discover that a church's ministry is mainly funded by the generosity of local people.
That's exactly how it is here at St Laurence Frodsham.
Perhaps you don't give because no one's ever asked you?
We are asking you now.
Or you don't give regularly because you've never got round to it?
We are praying that today is the day.
Or maybe you think St Laurence Church doesn't need it?
We can assure you it does!
Please read on ........
YOUR PARISH CHURCH: NOT JUST FOR SUNDAYS!
St Laurence Church is the only Grade One listed building in Frodsham.
It has served the people of Frodsham for over 800 years through Christian acts of worship, pastoral care, charitable giving, and community service. Our vision is to be “the church of everyday, with something for everyone”, offering a welcoming, warm, safe space to all our visitors.
Throughout the year, we offer:
- Sunday morning Communion services
- ‘Messy Church’ for families
- ‘Toddler praise’ for younger children
- Quiet Reflective services
- A space for private prayer & quiet reflection on weekdays
- Regular “Life event” services e.g. Baptisms, Weddings, and Funerals
- Regular School services
- Concerts, plays and other cultural events
- Other Community Services
(e.g. Remembrance / All Souls / Christingle)
Also our refurbished Parish Hall (next door to W H Smith) is available for hire to community groups, for parties and other events.
However, all of this comes at a cost.
Covid-19 and inflation have had a massive negative impact on our finances.
Contrary to frequent misconceptions, we receive no external funding.
All our day-to-day expenses, as well as any future plans we might have, must be funded from our own generosity – hence “Giving in Grace”.
For all our income we are chiefly dependent on:
- Regular giving by members of our congregations
- Fees we receive from weddings and funerals
- Donations from visitors
- Legacies
- Gift Aid tax refunds recovered from HMRC
YOU CAN HELP…
We need your help NOW to enable us to invest in the Church’s future.
St Laurence Parish is committed to maintaining its Church buildings and the worship, nurture, and outreach that they sustain. We hope and pray that St Laurence church matters to you and your family, and that you will want to “give in grace” to support the Christian ministry at St Laurence.
It is our duty together in this generation to ensure that we pass on to our children and grandchildren this wonderful Grade One listed historic place of Christian worship - handed on to us by generations before us - in a well loved and cared for condition, fit for purpose in the twenty-first century.
We are naturally extremely grateful for all current giving, but for us to fulfil current commitments – it costs us £3000+ per week just to stay open! - and to fund any planned improvements to our church building, we need to increase our annual income to at least £250,000.
This means, for example, 2500 people giving £2/week, or 1000 people giving £5/week, or 500 people giving £10/week, or 250 people giving £20/week, or 100 people giving £50/week… and if most of these regular donations are Gift Aided, then we will receive a generous annual HMRC tax refund windfall as well!
BECOME A “FRIEND OF ST LAURENCE FRODSHAM”
We are establishing a “Friends of St Laurence Frodsham” fund, into which all regular donations will be paid, and from which our expenses will be paid. It is our hope that you would like to become such a friend!
If so, please complete the form using the link in the section below, put it in a sealed envelope marked Giving in Grace, and either hand it in to one of the Wardens team on Sundays, to our Vicar, or post it through the letter box at the Vicarage. There is also a box marked "Giving in Grace" at the back of church to post completed forms.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE…
Working closely with our church architect, we aim to re-imagine our Church building, both to satisfy the present needs of our community - spiritually, pastorally and socially – yet highlighting and engaging with its important historical setting in Frodsham.
Our plans include:
- Creating new, lighter, open, entrance spaces incorporating step-free access
- Making the interior lighter and brighter by replacing existing doors & partitions with glass and installing more energy efficient lighting
- Creating more flexible meeting spaces
- Creating improved kitchen facilities
- Providing improved toilet/baby change facilities
- Replacing our nineteenth century hard wooden seating with comfortable, colourful, stackable chairs
- Installing an environmentally friendly, energy efficient and sustainable heating system
- Developing meditative walks, heritage trails, a memorial garden, and nature-friendly areas in our churchyard
We are a Registered Charity, known formally by the Charity Commissioners as:
Frodsham Parish Hall is owned by St Laurence Church and can be booked by contacting our Booking Secretary: Louise Wright on 07869 265791
or emailing her at saintells@gmail.com
You can go to the Parish Hall Facebook page here
We are a warm, welcoming and inclusive Church of England congregation in the small market town of Frodsham. We belong to Inclusive Church and welcome all people to our services.
Normally, our church is open during the day on most weekdays - please see the notice above for this week's times.
You are most welcome to visit.
We have a Church School which you can link to here.
We have 3 communion services each week - please check our timetable above
Sunday 8am - said
Sunday 10am - with music
Tuesday 7pm - said
Messy Church is at 3pm on the first Sunday of the month in term time.
Still Point (a reflective service) is at 4pm on the third Sunday of each month.
Evensong is sung on various Sundays through the year and will be shown on our timetable which you can see above.
Each year we support a different charity and fundraise for them. Sometimes it is an overseas charity and sometimes it is a local or national charity.
This year we are supporting the local charity Stick 'n' Step.
One of our congregation has been helped by this charity and you can read their story here.
We also support Christian Aid, MuCAARD-UK and The Children's Society on a long-term basis.
At St Laurence Frodsham we take our duty and obligation to safeguard and protect all people extremely seriously, and we have adopted the national Church of England's robust safeguarding procedures and guidelines.
If you or anyone you are in contact with would like to talk with someone independently, please call the Safe Spaces helpline on 0300 303 1056 or email safespaces@victimsupport.org.uk or the St Laurence Safeguarding Officer:
Mary Lamb 07862 321560
Alternatively, you may contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser in the Diocese of Chester: 07704 338885 (available during office hours) or using the safeguarding@chester.anglican.org email address.
The work of our church is reliant on people’s generosity. We worship in a beautiful Grade 1 listed building which is open most weekdays between 10am and 4pm and we welcome you to visit us. Please check times in the timetable near the top of this page.
If you wish to make a donation to St Laurence Church you can do so here.
We give to our church in a variety of ways but there are two ways it can be done online, both described below.
YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION BY CLICKING HERE or use our QR code
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