St. Mary's Stoke Newington



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  • This Sunday at St Mary’s, Martyn is presiding at the All Age Eucharist and at the Sung Eucharist. Also at the Sung Eucharist, Jonathan is deacon and Alan Piggot is our guest Lent preacher. Alan is vicar of St. Mary of Eton and former curate here at St. Mary’s and is preaching on the Caroline Divines. At St. John’s, Fiona Weaver is presiding and preaching and Alan is deacon.

  • On Sundays during Lent we will be exploring different Christian approaches to spirituality, with preachers at the 11am service and reflective services on each theme in the evening. See the flyer for details: and why not come to church twice a Sunday for Lent?

  • PCC meets on Monday 15th at 7.45pm in the NCR.

  • Beryl’s celebrated Lent Lunches are every Tuesday from 12-2pm in the New Church Rooms. Do come along and join in. All contributions go towards the Lent Appeal “Transforming Lives”.

  • Evensong Liturgy Group meets on Wednesday 17th at 7.45pm in NCR.  Everyone welcome as we meet to develop ideas and words for the Evensong liturgy.  See James Ashdown for more details jashdown44@gmail.com

  • House Group Leaders meet on Saturday 20th March at 11am in the Rectory after the Staff Meeting at 10am.

  • At St. John’s on Sunday 21st at 6.30pm there will be a performance of the Gospel of St. Mark” by Lance Pierson as seen at the Edinburgh Fringe last year. Tickets for £5 are available from Beryl or Martyn.

  • Weekly Lent House Groups are running under the theme A Way through the Wilderness: experiencing God's help in times of crisis. See the noticeboard at the back of church for times, days and group leaders or ask a member of the clergy for more details.

  • Our Electoral Roll is open for revision until 3rd April. We invite all of you who are new and been regularly coming to St. Mary’s over the last 6 months or live in the Parish, to enrol. Please take away the necessary forms on the table at the back of church. For those of you who are already on the Roll but whose addresses or contact details may have changed, could you please check the list and notify the Electoral Roll officer, Mark Perrett, of any discrepancies. Please note that you must be on the Electoral Roll to be eligible to stand for PCC or Warden at the APCM on the 18th April, .

  • "Friday Friday Sunday Sunday". A play that explores in a new way how these two days of Easter continue to amaze and captivate people of many cultures, of faith and none”, by the Jasperian Theatre Company is on Tuesday 30th March 7.30pm @ St.Luke's Church, Homerton Terrace, E9. Tickets £7, concessions £5, for sale in advance at St Luke's Church or on the night.

  • Our Confirmation Service this year will be in early May – which may seem a long way away, but it’ll be with us soon. If you are thinking about confirmation , please have a word with one of the clergy.