Pastoral Care and Community Outreach

During 2025 there were 3 baptisms, 14 funerals at All Saints and 2 funerals at the crematorium, 0 burials and 10 burials of ashes, and 1 wedding.

Baptism Preparation – A church member visits the family before the baptism to get to know the family and explain what’s involved. This person is at the service and the baptised child is given a children’s Bible as a baptism gift from the church.

Bereaved families are visited before and after the funeral by the vicar. We have a ‘Memorial Service’ of remembrance once a year, at all Saints-tide, to which all who have been bereaved during the last year are invited. Judith Biggin sends a card to bereaved families on the first anniversary of their loss.

Our Counselling Referral service has been able to help a good number of people again this year. We are very grateful to the Diocesan Counselling Service and the Lymm Sanctuary Hub for accepting our referrals.

Food Bank Donations are left at the church and then taken to the Warrington Distribution Point by a church member.

Harvest Gifts – the gifts of tinned and packet food are given to the Warrington Food Bank and the gifts of flowers are distributed to the sick, bereaved and elderly of the parish.