The Diocese of Manchester

13/06/2026

Come to our Prayer Walk & Picnic! 🌿🙏🧺

Join Bishop Mark and the Transforming Prayer Community for a prayer walk around Blackleach Country Park. As we walk, we’ll pause to pray for our neighbourhoods, churches and the wider world, before sharing a relaxed picnic together afterwards (please bring your own food and drinks).

This is a family-friendly morning and will also include activities for children - we’d love for you to join us as we walk, pray and build community 💛

📅 Saturday 20th June
⏰ 10am–1pm (meet from 9:30am)
📍 Blackleach Country Park, John Street, M28 3TD

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989992866232

Transforming Prayer Community in the Diocese of Manchester

13/06/2026

Archdeacons’ Visitation Services continued this week, celebrating the vital role of churchwardens and lay leaders across the diocese. Through prayer, fellowship and shared commitment, these gatherings set the tone for the year ahead – grounded in service, supported by community, and sustained by faith.

Upcoming services are as follows:

Archdeaconry of Bolton
7:30pm, Wednesday 8th July, Christ Church Walshaw

Archdeaconry of Rochdale
7:30pm, Thursday 18th June, Oldham Parish Church
7:30pm, Monday 22nd June, St Luke Heywood

Archdeaconry of Manchester
7:30pm, Wednesday 17th June, Manchester Cathedral

13/06/2026

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We pray for Chadderton and Middleton Junction, comprising St Mark, Chadderton and St Gabriel, Middleton Junction.

We pray for church members and the local community, that they may experience the peace and love of Christ in their lives.

St Mark's Church, Chadderton St Gabriel's Church, Middleton Junction

12/06/2026

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We pray for Holy Trinity, Bardsley, comprising Holy Trinity, Bardsley, and Woodhouses Mission Church.

We give thanks for their dedicated teams and for their children and families, praying for their long-term future with the church family here at Holy Trinity and Woodhouses' and the blossoming of their congregations.

The Parish of Holy Trinity Bardsley

11/06/2026

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We pray for St Mary, Balderstone.

We give thanks for those in the parish who are actively exploring the good news of Jesus for the first time. May they receive the gift of faith.

St Mary's Balderstone.

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

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We pray for St Stephen, Audenshaw.

We pray for church members and the local community, that they may experience the peace and love of Christ in their lives.

St Stephen’s Church, Audenshaw

09/06/2026

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We pray for St Hilda, Audenshaw.

We pray for church members and the local community, that they may experience the peace and love of Christ in their lives.

St Hilda’s Church Audenshaw

08/06/2026

The Bishop of Manchester is please to announce the appointment of the Reverend Helen Tyler, currently Assistant Curate in the Benefice of St Margaret's Prestwich, as incumbent of High Crompton, St Mary's and Thornham, St James in the Deanery of Oldham and Ashton.
Please pray for Helen as she prepares to take up the post, the parishes where she will serve and the benefice she will be leaving (including the Revd Sue Walker, Helen's training priest).

All us us here at St Margaret's Prestwich wish Helen all God's blessings for her future ministry. We're sorry to see her go!