Every Sunday at 11.00am
Enjoy Tea, coffee, biscuits and a chat after Sunday Service. The chapel is known for its friendly atmosphere and so you will always receive a warm welcome, friendship and support.
Special services
The Minister is available to conduct baptisms, weddings, and funerals as circumstances arise. We try to make weddings as personal as possible for the couple concerned. We have an equally individual approach to funerals, so that they can be a truly unique tribute to the life of the person that has gone, and act as a celebration of all that they meant to those who knew and loved them. In baptism, we seek to give thanks for a new life and to enable the parents to share their joy with their families and friends. The emphasis is on the personal, without restrictions or dogma.
We have various other special services during the year. We celebrate Easter, Pentecost, Harvest and have a special Remembrance Day Service. Communion Services are held four times a year and are open to all who wish to participate. In the lead up to Christmas, our Carol Service, is a special highlight with a brass ensemble and a choral group - not to be missed! Then on Christmas Eve itself, we have a candlelit "Midnight Service" at 11.30 p.m. which has its own special atmosphere. See below for details.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Chapel Activities
Coffee morning
Every Tuesday 10am-11: 30 approx.
Women’s League Meeting
The third Wednesday in the month 2pm-4pm (approx).
Talks, workshops, visits etc.-supports the League of Hospital Friends, a community centre in Salford run by a local vicar and the leagues annual project.
Also
Theatre visits
Special lunches and dinners.
Concerts
Musical and poetry evenings
Socials
The chapel supports local, national and international charities.
The people in the chapel community are encouraged to share their interests, talents and passions for the benefit of all. The excellent catering, cardmaking, craftwork, musical, D.I.Y. secretarial and organisational skills and widespread knowledge of all sorts of things contribute to a lively cohesive group.
Coming events
Elizabeth Gaskell Bicentenary Events
to be held at Brook Street Chapel, Knutsford during 2010
For Elizabeth Gaskell Bicentenary Events to be held elsewhere visit the Gaskell Society website.
Flower Festival & Victorian Victuals (food&drink!)
Friday 14th, Saturday 15th, Sunday 16th and Monday 17th May
10:30am - 5:30 pm except Sunday 1pm - 5:30pm.
Outside of these times by request.
Knutsford and District Flower Club are creating the flower arrangements and each arrangement will depict one of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Novels. There will also be a special arrangement on her grave.
Food & drinks will be served by members of the chapel dressed in Victorian Costume. This will be held either in the chapel garden or in the schoolroom depending on the weather.
Cost: No charge but voluntary donations welcome
Capacity: Individuals may come and go as they wish- any coach parties should pre-book to avoid congestion.
Contact
Beulah Cornes 01565 632673 beulahcornes@ntlworld.com
Janet Nicholson 01565 751197 janet-nicholson@sky.com
Guided walk : Discover Knutsford's Cranford Days
with Joan Leach MBE as your guide
Sunday 25th June
Time 2.30
Assemble in Canute Square. The walk will trace the scenes and people Elizabeth Gaskell knew and wrote about in Cranford.
The walk ends at Brook Street Chapel where she is buried with William and two daughters
Light refreshments will be served in the schoolroom
Cost: £5 (the profits will be donated to Brook Street Chaple's fund)
Contact
Joan Leach 01565 634668 joanleach@aol.com
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Birthday Celebration
Wednesday 29th September
11am
A talk in Brook Street Chapel on Elizabeth Gaskell and her novels by Elizabeth Williams, Chairman of the Gaskell Society
Cost: Voluntary donation towards the new Exhibition Centre
12:30pm
Two course lunch at the Belle Epoque (Gaskell Memorial Tower)
Cost £13 including gratuity. A tour of the building after the meal.
Book directly with the Belle Epoque 01565 633060
3:00pm
Gaskell guided walk round the town by Joan Leach
Cost: £2
NB. People can choose to go to any or all of the above.
Locations
Brook Street Chapel, Adams Hill, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8DY
The Belle Epoque, King Street Knutsford, WA16 6DT
(2 mins. walk from chapel)
Walk starting from The Belle Epoque
Contact
Beulah Cornes 01565 632673 beulahcornes@ntlworld.com
Joan Leach 01565 634668 joanleach@aol.com
Capacity
Brook Street Chapel 170+(including balcony)
The Belle Epoque 200
Walk 30
Service Commemorating Mrs Gaskell’s 200th Birth Anniversary
Sunday 3rd October
11am
Brook Street Chapel, Adams Hill, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8DY
A special chapel service dedicated to Elizabeth Gaskell followed by the laying of a wreath on her grave by the Gaskell Society. This will be followed by a finger buffet in the schoolroom.
Contact
Beulah Cornes 01565 632673 beulahcornes@ntlworld.com
Doreen Evans 01565 634229 evansdor@btinternet.com
Cost: Normal chapel collection and a donation towards the cost of food and wine etc.
Capacity: 150
Victorian Christmas Concert by Opus 5
Saturday 4th December
Matinee 3:00 Evening 7:00
Brook Street Chapel, Adams Hill, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8DY
Opus 5 is a very well known talented group of musicians who have proved to be extremely popular.
Featuring.
Sarah Mallen (Soprano and Artistic Director), Fiona Key (Soprano), John Pattison (Tenor), Rod Rees (Baritone) and Wendy Dolby (Piano)
The varied programme will include Seasonal Songs and music that would have been enjoyed by the Gaskells
Cost: £10 including mulled wine and mince pies.
Contact
Beulah Cornes 01565 632673 beulahcornes@ntlworld.com
Doreen Evans 01565 634229 evansdor@btinternet.com
Capacity: 150 at each performance
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