Welcome to the St. Cross Church, Clayton Website

​Hello and welcome to our website!
St. Cross (located opposite the Clayton Hall tram stop on Ashton New Road) is a parish church in the Diocese of Manchester, part of the Church of England, and has always been at the heart of the Clayton community- everyone is welcome at our weekly services and other events so we hope you will join us soon.
Please see the menu above to find out about Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals or how to hire our function room or contact a member of the church with an enquiry.
If you would like to find out more about the church, our community links and proud history, or see more photographs please take a look at the links or see the About section in the menu.

​St. Cross Little Stars

Sunday School

Our new Sunday School, St. Cross Little Stars, began in September and runs fortnightly during our Sunday Service!! :) 

Take a look at our Sunday School page to check latest dates and find out more.

​Foodbank

at St. Cross

We now have Foodbank collection points at ASDA Eastlands, the Wells Centre, St. Willibrord's Church, Seymour Road Academy and in church for donations of non-perishable foodstuffs. All donations will be gratefully received, for more details please see our Foodbank Page.

Please Note:
St. Cross Foodbank will open on Saturday mornings between 10.30 and 12.00pm only to families who have been referred via Ravensbury Community School and Seymour Road Academy and have children at one of the schools.  At present St Cross Foodbank is not open to the wider community.

Thank you to ASDA and McGee's Butchers, FareShare and all the organisations acting as collection points for us.

Our Newsletter

We have an Email Newsletter to keep you up to date with all that's happening at St. Cross...
​if you'd like to receive it you can sign up here or read more about it on our blog!

​​​St. Cross is on Facebook!

Visit our Page by clicking the Facebook logo above and don't forget to click the 'Like' button when you get there to see our posts and updates in your newsfeed.

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This Week

Events coming up

Services:

Sunday - 10:30am

Wednesday 14th February - 7:30pm - Ash Wednesday Eucharist
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Thursday - 10:30am (in the Lady Chapel)
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Please see our Services page for more information.

Tuesdays - 7:30-8:45pm: Our weekly Deanery Dancing Classes, held at Emmanuel Church, Gorton.

Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th September - Heritage Open Weekend (times to be confirmed).

Saturday 1st December - Christmas Fair

News

Other Groups meeting in the Church Centre

St. Cross is open for visitors who would like a chance to look around on the first and third Saturdays of every month, in conjunction with our friends at Clayton Hall.  The church is usually open between 1 and 3pm but please get in touch via our Contact Page to check times for specific weekends.

Monday: 7-7:45pm Kimp's MetaFit (Contact Lisa on 07739 063 518/ kimpsmetafit@yahoo.co.uk or on Facebook for more information.)
Wednesday: 7-7:45pm Kimp's MetaFit (Contact Lisa on 07739 063 518/ kimpsmetafit@yahoo.co.uk or on Facebook for more information.)
Thursday: 5pm & 7pm Slimming World (Contact Sarah on 07738 618 094 for more information.)
Friday: 9:30am & 11:30am Slimming World (Contact Sarah on 07738 618 094 for more information.)

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