What a month of celebrations! Carol & Josie got ordained, we entered a float into Altrincham Festival, and now we are enjoying toddler picnics, tours and getting ready for the big end of term leavers service for our neighbouring school!

Tots & Tales, our friendly toddler group, is going on tour this summer! Making the most of the warmer weather, we'll be exploring some of the best family-friendly parks, cafés and outdoor spaces around Altrincham—and, if the sunshine holds, perhaps even a trip to the beach…..

Josie is leaving to pastures new!

Well, we always knew this moment would come; but that doesn’t make it any easier to say goodbye! Josie first joined us in September 2023 as an Ordinand (a slightly fancy way of saying she was training to become a Vicar!). Since then, she’s been juggling college every Monday in Liverpool alongside supporting us on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays—and often many moments in between….

All of our midweek groups have continued apace — from our new Drop-In to the toddler and youth groups, alongside our adult gatherings of knitting, nattering (in both English and French!), and sharing food together each Thursday. It is wonderful to see these groups becoming places where real and significant friendships are formed. Equally, the quieter ministry that happens in the background remains one of the great privileges of our weeks: visiting people in hospital, spending time with them at home, or simply meeting for a coffee and a chat…

In the midst of our busy, often chaotic lives, it can be hard to find space to breathe, reflect, and simply be. The Three Hours at the Cross on Good Friday offers us just that: a sacred pause in the middle of everything….

I need to be honest: the first time I celebrated Candlemas was just last year, in 2025. I’d vaguely heard of it before arriving at St George’s, but I’d never had the opportunity to attend a service—and then, my travels to India always seemed to clash with the date. But Candlemas was a service I had long wanted to experience. It speaks so deeply of light in the midst of darkness, of frustration, and of what can feel like endless waiting for something to change….