Opening for Public Worship
St. Paul's will be be open for public worship on Sundays from Sunday 5th July. Strict hygiene and social distancing rules (based on 2 [...]
Opening for Private Prayer
We are pleased to be able to inform you that, following recent Government Guidance, we are opening the church for reflection and quiet prayer. This will begin [...]
June 2020
From June 15th, church buildings are permitted to open for ‘private prayer’ and St. Paul’s has decided to open in a very limited way on [...]
Revd Ken Burghall R.I.P.
RIP Ken Burghall. We were saddened to hear of the recent passing of Reverend Ken Burghall, Vicar of St Pauls from 1971-1986. Our thoughts [...]
May 2020
We are at the beginning of the ninth week of Coronavirus lockdown and the world has changed so greatly that our lives today are unrecognisable [...]
April 2020
It is hard to encompass how much the world, and our church, has changed in the space of a few short weeks: closure of all [...]
March 2020
Having had a short period of sick leave at the end of February, I spent the first week of March on retreat in Northumberland at the [...]
New Bishop of Chester
The new Bishop of Chester has been announced. The Rt Revd Mark Tanner, currently Bishop of Berwick in the Newcastle diocese, becomes the 41st Bishop [...]
Update 12/05/20
In accordance with the most recent Government and Church of England guidelines, places of worship must remain closed. However, a single nominated person is permitted to [...]
January & February 2020
On Sunday 26th January we celebrated our Patronal Festival - the day we give thanks for the life and work of St. Paul - with [...]