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The first weekend in February and our services were an all age Eucharist at 10 am. To make the story of the presentation of Our Lord in the ...
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We reach the last Sunday in January and our 10 am service was a Eucharist celebrated by Father Chris. We continue to look at the early life ...
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The Sunday after the Fete and we had an 'end of term' feeling in church today. Father Roger took the service a Parish Eucharist, an...
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This morning our 10 am service was a Eucharist, celebrated by Father Chris. The children left for their own session after the first hymn and...
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Isaiah 43:1-7 A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. Thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: D...
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the third Sunday in January and a choice of services at 10 am. In the Church Matins and in the Hall, crafty communion. The choir sand the Be...
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This morning, the third Sunday in February we had 2 services at 10 am. In the Church Hall the youngsters and their families had Crafty Commu...
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St Mary's churchyard is a spiritual and sacred place. We ask all who visit our churchyard to honour it and those who are buried here. Ou...
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We came together this morning at 10 o'clock for our Eucharist service. The weather has been very cold in recent weeks, but plenty of peo...
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This morning we met at 10 am for our Eucharist celebration. The long spell of fine weather had broken and there was heavy rain all morning. ...
01 April 2019
Lent changes our usual services around a bit, and today was our family service, not next week as today is Mothering Sunday (hence Father Stephen's fetching pink robes rather than the Lenten purple) and he also advised us that today is Refreshment Sunday and The Feast of the Annunciation! Busy day.
The gospel reading was about the Angel Gabriel telling Mary she would give birth to the Saviour. In his sermon, Father Stephen asked the Mums in the congregation how they had felt when they found out that they were expecting a child. Our Mums were a little shy, but eventually we heard "terrified", "relief", "daunted", and "excited". Dads were generally pleased! However Mary was perplexed.
Parenthood is an adventure. The children present were told that today was a special day and asked what they had given their Mum. They were even more shy than the adults, but there was a murmur of cards and flowers. It was suggested that maybe they would like to do the washing up after lunch. We want to say "Thank you" to our Mums because they put themselves out for us.
We also give thanks for our Mother Church today, the Church throughout the world. It also speaks of the timelessness of God which nurtures us, like our mum.
Next week after the service, Hilary will be selling her hand made jewelry in the Parish Rooms. All the profit will go to St Mary's, so come and buy some early Easter presents. Jewels have fewer calories (in fact none!) than chocolate and last a lot longer!
The gospel reading was about the Angel Gabriel telling Mary she would give birth to the Saviour. In his sermon, Father Stephen asked the Mums in the congregation how they had felt when they found out that they were expecting a child. Our Mums were a little shy, but eventually we heard "terrified", "relief", "daunted", and "excited". Dads were generally pleased! However Mary was perplexed.
Parenthood is an adventure. The children present were told that today was a special day and asked what they had given their Mum. They were even more shy than the adults, but there was a murmur of cards and flowers. It was suggested that maybe they would like to do the washing up after lunch. We want to say "Thank you" to our Mums because they put themselves out for us.
We also give thanks for our Mother Church today, the Church throughout the world. It also speaks of the timelessness of God which nurtures us, like our mum.
Next week after the service, Hilary will be selling her hand made jewelry in the Parish Rooms. All the profit will go to St Mary's, so come and buy some early Easter presents. Jewels have fewer calories (in fact none!) than chocolate and last a lot longer!
Service Times
First Sunday in the Month:
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Family Service
Second Sunday in the Month
Third Sunday in the Month
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Family Service
Second Sunday in the Month
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Parish Eucharist
10:00am Parish Eucharist
Third Sunday in the Month
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Sung Matins in the Church or Crafty Communion in Church Hall
Fourth Sunday in the Month
08:00am Holy Communion
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Parish Eucharist
Variations can be found in the Parish Magazine or the Calendar at the bottom of this page.
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