You are warmly invited to join us for a community festival over the weekend of Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th August as we Emerge! from Covid.

See the posters below for what's on offer, including the wonderful Ukelele Ska Collective - tickets available now via Eventbrite.

We look forward to seeing you, and tell your friends too!

Here's more detail of what's on and when

You can take a look at our Summer 2021 Newsletter HERE

You can take a look at our Spring 2021 Newsletter HERE

You can take a look at our Autumn Newsletter 2020 HERE

You can take a look at our latest newsletter HERE.

You are invited to explore spirituality through creative writing, art and music. Saturday, December 7th at the Old Church

Soul Space at St Mary's

All welcome

Come and join St Mary's Community Choir. All welcome

'Come and Sing' Fauré Requiem, directed by Geoff Weaver

November 2nd in the New Church

Detailed information and tickets here.

We will be serving CREAM TEAS on the lawn on August 17th, 2-5pm. This will be a fundraiser for St Mary's New Community Centre. Come and enjoy home baked scones and cakes with a cup of tea.

The Annual Parish Church Meeting  

Our next JOINT SERVICE will be to celebrate Mothering Sunday on March 31st. This will be in the New Church at 10.30am. There will be a collection for the Bishop's Lent appeal- this year all money raised will go to combat modern day slavery.

A big THANK YOU to everyone who made our Winter Market such a success. Special thanks must go to Elizabeth Smallman, Claire Garrett and Sarah Robson for their huge commitment and hard work. Final amount of money raised still to be confirmed but it looks like we've made about 4k towards the New Centre. Here are some photos:

Get your tickets here

Coming up...

The 2nd of our Seeking Soul Space events is this afternoon, November 16th in the Old Church, 3 - 4.30pm. 

Participate in time-honoured practices for clearing inner space: chants, sacred scripture, meditations and silence.

Facilitator: Liz Watson 

If you’d like to join a choir for the Carol Service on December 17th please sign the list at the back of church today.  Rehearsals begin on Nov 26th.

There are lots of events coming up over Advent/Christmas where we’d like to serve mulled wine, beginning with our Winter Market on Nov 25th. If you are able to donate a bottle of red wine we’d be really grateful. And would anyone like to serve mulled wine over the festive season?  Depending on who is available and when, we will be looking to offer this at weekends whilst the Christmas tree market is running. If you might be free, please write your name on the list at the back of church. 

All Souls Service,

7pm in the New Church

Thursday evening

Is there someone you love

but from whom you are

parted by death?

Would you like them

remembered at the service?

If so, please come early enough to print their name

before the service begins.

If you cannot be there, cards for names to be written on

can be found this week,

on the prayer table outside the Epiphany Chapel.

‘Though we need to weep your loss,

You dwell in that safe place in our hearts,

Where no storm or night or pain can reach you.’

John O’Donohue