Welcome
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St Mary the Virgin Church is in the village of Bosley and is an active Anglican parish church. It is part of the Peak Parishes Benefice; which encompasses our neighbouring churches at Wincle, and Wildboarclough .
Our mission is to respond to the needs in our small, rural community - spiritual needs, pastoral care, social needs of activities & events and the need for marking life events. We believe that our church building and its people are here for a reason; to share God’s teaching, receive his message of unconditional love and spread the Good News. |
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"SPACE TO GROW"
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Safeguarding
At St Mary the Virgin, Bosley we work hard to maintain a safe environment for all. We are committed to implementing the House of Bishops’ safeguarding policies and good practice guidance. If you have any concerns or enquiries regarding safeguarding, please contact our safeguarding officer. Parish Safeguarding Officer: Neil Wain Email: safeguarding.peakparishes@gmail.com Phone The Diocesan Safeguarding Team can be contacted at safeguarding@chester.anglican.org or on 01928 643442 Out of Hours Support The Diocese of Chester partners with thirtyone:eight and you can access their Safeguarding Helpline if the Diocesan Safeguarding Team is unavailable. Thirtyone:eight can be contacted on 0303 003 1111. This also includes any safeguarding queries outside of office hours on weekdays and weekends. An Information Sharing Agreement between the two organisations will allow the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser to receive a copy of the advice thirtyone:eight may offer the caller. In the case of an emergency If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority Children or Adults Service. Helplines
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“Nothing is impossible with God” – Luke 1:37 The Great Commission: ‘Go out and make disciples, baptising them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit…and I am with you always to the very end of the age’ (Matthew 28:19-20) PROJECT SUMMARY Bosley St. Mary’s PCC is building a small extension to the SW corner of the church to enable wider community use of the existing building. The extension would provide accessible toilets, baby changing facilities, proper kitchen provision and a new heating boiler. Our village needs a community space in which all age groups can undertake varied activities; educational, social, physical and spiritual. There is no other community building in the village, such as a Community, or Village Hall and as such the need for a community space is high on the residents’ priorities and our project is to improve and upgrade the church building so that it can be used by everyone in our community. St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bosley Our Church The Church Electoral Roll currently stands at 54 with average attendances of 20 adults and children. There are regular Sunday services at 9.30am; either traditional holy communion service or a family style of worship. Each 2nd Sunday of the month we have a combined service with the Methodist Chapel and on the 5th Sunday of the month we share our service with one of the other churches in our Benefice (St. Michael’s Wincle, and St. Saviour’s Wildboarclough. For Safe guarding please see the Peak Parishes web site https://www.peakparishes.org.uk/safeguarding/ Wardens : Jenny Ratcliffe and Neil Wain |
NEW BENEFICE Bosley, Wincle and Wildboarclough PASSED
Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 Diocese of Chester Benefice of Sutton, Wincle, Wildboarclough and Bosley The Bishop of Chester has asked us to prepare a draft Pastoral Scheme in respect of pastoral proposals affecting this benefice. I enclose a copy of the draft Scheme and a glossary of terms used together with the Notice (P76). I am sending a copy to all the statutory interested parties, as the Mission and Pastoral Measure requires, and any others with an interest in the proposals. Anyone may make representations for or against all or any part or parts of the draft Scheme (please include the reasons for your views) by post or, preferably, by email to the Church Commissioners at the following address no later than midnight on Monday 26 February 2024. Joanna Chandler-Clarke Church Commissioners Church House Great Smith Street London SW1P 3AZ (email joanna.chandler-clarke@churchofengland.org ) (tel 020 7898 1732) If they have not acknowledged receipt of your representation before this date, please ring or e-mail them to ensure it has been received. For administrative purposes, a petition will be classed as a single representation and they will only correspond with the sender of the petition, if known, or otherwise the first signatory for whom they can identify an address – “the primary petitioner”. If the Commissioners do not receive representations against the draft Scheme, they will make the Scheme and it will come into effect as it provides. A copy of the completed Scheme will be sent to you together with a note of its effective date. If the Commissioners receive any representations against the draft Scheme, they will send them, and any representations supporting the draft Scheme, to the Bishop whose views will be sought. Individual representors and the primary petitioner will then receive copies of the Commissioners’ correspondence with the Bishop (including copies of all the representations). They and individual petitioners may comment further. Copies of all of the representations received and associated correspondencewill normally be published on the Commissioners’ website if the matter needs to be considered by them. Those making representations should indicate whether they would like an opportunity to speak to the Commissioners regarding their representations in the event the Commissioners decide a hearing should be held. Their meetings are normally held at Church House, Westminster, but during the current circumstances they may need to be held virtually via ‘Zoom’. If a hearing is held, they will let you know the arrangements for attending (in person or virtually) and details will also appear on their website. Otherwise, if a hearing is not to be held, the case will be considered in private, and you will be informed accordingly. When the Commissioners acknowledge representations, they will let individual representors (and the primary petitioner) know the next few dates of their Committee’s meetings. They will confirm the actual date of any hearing nearer the time. The Commissioners will decide if the draft Scheme should proceed when they consider all the representations on the basis of a paper prepared by their staff and any points raised at the meeting. If the Commissioners do so decide, any representor or petitioner against the draft Scheme may seek leave from the Privy Council to appeal against the decision. You will be informed of the Commissioners’ decision and the reasons for it. Please see www.churchofengland.org/consultation for further information about the procedure. PCC Secretaries, incumbents/priests-in-charge/rural deans, persons taking services during the Notice Period and local planning authorities should refer to the relevant notes below for important additional information concerning them. George Colville Secretary of Chester Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committee.
Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 Diocese of Chester Benefice of Sutton, Wincle, Wildboarclough and Bosley The Bishop of Chester has asked us to prepare a draft Pastoral Scheme in respect of pastoral proposals affecting this benefice. I enclose a copy of the draft Scheme and a glossary of terms used together with the Notice (P76). I am sending a copy to all the statutory interested parties, as the Mission and Pastoral Measure requires, and any others with an interest in the proposals. Anyone may make representations for or against all or any part or parts of the draft Scheme (please include the reasons for your views) by post or, preferably, by email to the Church Commissioners at the following address no later than midnight on Monday 26 February 2024. Joanna Chandler-Clarke Church Commissioners Church House Great Smith Street London SW1P 3AZ (email joanna.chandler-clarke@churchofengland.org ) (tel 020 7898 1732) If they have not acknowledged receipt of your representation before this date, please ring or e-mail them to ensure it has been received. For administrative purposes, a petition will be classed as a single representation and they will only correspond with the sender of the petition, if known, or otherwise the first signatory for whom they can identify an address – “the primary petitioner”. If the Commissioners do not receive representations against the draft Scheme, they will make the Scheme and it will come into effect as it provides. A copy of the completed Scheme will be sent to you together with a note of its effective date. If the Commissioners receive any representations against the draft Scheme, they will send them, and any representations supporting the draft Scheme, to the Bishop whose views will be sought. Individual representors and the primary petitioner will then receive copies of the Commissioners’ correspondence with the Bishop (including copies of all the representations). They and individual petitioners may comment further. Copies of all of the representations received and associated correspondencewill normally be published on the Commissioners’ website if the matter needs to be considered by them. Those making representations should indicate whether they would like an opportunity to speak to the Commissioners regarding their representations in the event the Commissioners decide a hearing should be held. Their meetings are normally held at Church House, Westminster, but during the current circumstances they may need to be held virtually via ‘Zoom’. If a hearing is held, they will let you know the arrangements for attending (in person or virtually) and details will also appear on their website. Otherwise, if a hearing is not to be held, the case will be considered in private, and you will be informed accordingly. When the Commissioners acknowledge representations, they will let individual representors (and the primary petitioner) know the next few dates of their Committee’s meetings. They will confirm the actual date of any hearing nearer the time. The Commissioners will decide if the draft Scheme should proceed when they consider all the representations on the basis of a paper prepared by their staff and any points raised at the meeting. If the Commissioners do so decide, any representor or petitioner against the draft Scheme may seek leave from the Privy Council to appeal against the decision. You will be informed of the Commissioners’ decision and the reasons for it. Please see www.churchofengland.org/consultation for further information about the procedure. PCC Secretaries, incumbents/priests-in-charge/rural deans, persons taking services during the Notice Period and local planning authorities should refer to the relevant notes below for important additional information concerning them. George Colville Secretary of Chester Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committee.