Town Centre Ministry St Michael & All Angels Church M A C C L E S F I E L D   C H E S H I R E   U K  Macclesfield Town Hall St Michael & All Angels Church M A C C L E S F I E L D   C H E S H I R E   U K St Michael’s church is open from 9.30am to 1.00pm most days of the week. Tea and coffee and light refreshments are served from 10.30 to 12.30pm on those days.  Please drop in for a chat and a cup of tea or coffee. For visitors to the Town we can open at other times on request by contacting the Parish Office. St Michael’s church is also a good and popular venue for concerts, exhibitions, workshops and meetings.  Our facilities are described on this website.  Please contact clergypa@googlemail.com for further details. The church is situated in a pedestrianised area but there is a large multi-story car park within three minutes walk on Churchill Way.  Free evening parking is available behind the Town Hall off Jordangate.  Please see the map on this site for further details. Once again we were pleased to welcome many visitors to St Michael’s during the weekend, when children helped to complete a giant jigsaw in the Market Place during the Sunday morning open air service and enjoyed the Frii-spray (legalised graffiti care of modern technology) in the Church. Our visitors watched a ten-minute video created by rural dean Taffy Davies going back in pictures and sound to Barnabys of long ago.  People also came for a quiet sit and a cup of tea or coffee and a chat.  Money raised from the sale of refreshments was donated to the East Cheshire Hospice.  A number of our visitors had never been in this or any other church for a very long time even though some had lived in Macclesfield for most of their lives.  Many of them commented on the church and asked about various aspects of church life.  The Revd David Wightman In 2010 we were delighted to receive the - Award of the Northwest Multi- faith Tourism Association (NMMFTA) Marque of Excellence to St Michael’s The award is given to sacred sites which provide a high level of visitor welcome and experience.  The Archdeacon of Macclesfield, Ven Richard Gillings and Macclesfield Town Mayor Cllr David Neilson were among our guests who included all who work to keep the church open and welcoming.  Choral evensong was led by a joint choir from St Michael’s and the King’s School under the leadership of Simon Mercer. The award was presented to The Archdeacon by Joanna Booth development officer of NWMFTA who emphasised the ‘wow’ factor and welcome at St Michaels. St Michael’s new Guide Book  - was also launched at this ceremony.  Written by Matthew Hyde this full coloured guide describes many of the interesting features, effigies and stained glass.  The Guide is available price £3.50 from the Bookstall or coffee servery. If anyone would like to join our welcome team please contact David Wightman or Eve Budget. The Revd David Wightman   During the weekend 17-19th June 2011 the whole Town was alive with a buzz of activity and good nature as the celebration of Barnaby returned again to Macclesfield. Barnaby was the traditional holiday weekend when the whole Town decamped to places like Blackpool and Scarborough. This year Barnaby celebrated the 750th Anniversary of the granting of Macclesfield's Charter  At St Michael’s we were pleased to be a key part of the whole festival and to join in with the Town’s celebrations. Events at St Michael’s  included a concert by King Edwards Musical Society (www.kems.org.uk/) including a new composition for the 750th Anniversary of Macclefield's Charter which was broadcast on Radio 3 and an open air service in the Marketplace on Sunday morning. On Friday 17th June St. Michael’s was the venue for a live Radio 4 broadcast of “Any Questions”. St. Michael’s also offered guided tours with historian, Matthew Hyde, of the oldest parts of the church (including the Savage Chapel Tower), in conjunction with Rotary for the 750th Anniversary of Charter, with proceeds going to the Rotary charities. More information about the Barnaby Festival can be found on the Barnaby website (www.barnabyfestival.org.uk/)  The Macclesfield Barnaby Festival Weekend Town Centre Ministry St Michael & All Angels Church M A C C L E S F I E L D   C H E S H I R E   U K