The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rufford with Holmeswood; Church Road, Rufford, L40 1TA
The Church at St Mary the Virgin
Rufford with Holmeswood, through worship and prayer seeks to grow spiritually,
witnessing to God's love and serving the community, together with other
believers
ALL WELCOME
ALL WELCOME
CONFIRMATIONThe confirmation service will be here at St Mary the Virgin, Rufford on the evening of Wednesday 2nd July.
STRAWBERRY TEA(In aid of Churchyard Fund) Saturday 28th June, 2pm to 4pm
SUMMER SUNDAY OPEN AFTERNOONSThe church will be open to visitors from 2pm to 4pm every Sunday in July and August plus the first Sunday in September.
On Saturday, 13th September it will be open from 1pm to 5pm for Rufford Old Hall's Heritage Day.
SUNDAY SCHOOL PARTY Sunday 20th July
NEW BABY
Allan and Irene Molyneux are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their grandson, Jonathan Luke (5lbs 13oz) on 1st May; a second son for Alex and Darren.
Congratulations! 
PARISH MAGAZINE
The joint parish magazine for Holy Trinity, Tarleton and St Mary the Virgin, Rufford has a new name -
ACROSS ASLAND
The play on words is 'A CROSS AS LAND'This was thought of because the River Douglas which runs between Rufford and Tarleton used to be known as Asland and the land linked between (or Across) the two parishes could be the church (in the true sense of a body of people) symbolised by a cross.
CHURCHYARD
The wood chippings left after the stumps of the old lime trees ground, were used to make new paths in the school garden, which is currently undergoing renovation by parishioners.
Back to Church Sunday
On September 28th 2008 thousands of people will be inviting someone
special back to church with them.The exponential growth for Back to Church Sunday, which began in Manchester in 2004 with the message ‘Missing You’, and spread to Wakefield in 2005, nine Church of England dioceses in 2006 and 20 in 2007, when 20,000 people came back to church in one day.
Research by the Diocese of Lichfield after last year’s Back to Church Sunday suggested that 6,000 people came back to church on that day and that, six months later, between 700 and 900 (12-15 per cent) had become regular members. About a further 3,000 are still in touch with their inviting churches and may have come at Christmas or to a social event.