Life Events
Service times
Sundays
Our current regular services are as follows:
8 a.m. BCP Communion. Two early morning Said Communion services will be held each month. These are held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month.
10 a.m. Parish Eucharist. This is our core weekly service. However on the 1st Sunday in each month we will have a Choral Eucharist sung with Choral Scholars
6 p.m. Choral Evensong. Two evensong services are held each month. These are held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month.
Weekdays
Thursdays:
10 am Mattins in Church followed by coffee in the Hall
Please see the current edition of our Weekly Pew Sheet for the current Covid protocols that might apply to the various services
For more detail on our services see our Monthly Newsletter and Pew Sheets
The Church is open for visiting between 2-4pm on Saturdays and Sundays from the beginning of July until the end of October except for Easter Saturday and Sunday when the Church will not be open other than for planned Church services.
At St Mary's we believe that our Church is here to serve the whole community and especially to mark the life events which frame our lives.
Baptism/Christening
St Mary's has an open policy on baptism and is pleased to baptise children and adults who live in the Parish.
Admission of Children to Holy Communion prior to confirmation
Children can receive communion before they are confirmed at St Mary's, after a short introduction.
Confirmation
Confirmation represents a further step into the Christian faith. Those promises which were made on our behalf at our baptism, or which we made ourselves if we were older when baptised, are made once more during the confirmation service.
Wedding
We would be delighted to talk to you about marrying at St Mary's. Thanks to a new law it is now much easier to be married in the church of your choice. We would be delighted to talk to you about marrying in our beautiful ancient church.
Funeral
At funerals we give thanks for the life of a loved one and we commit them into God's care.
Members of St Mary's ministry team are pleased to lead a funeral service for anyone who lives in the parish. It doesn't matter if your loved one did not go to church. We believe in a loving God and our church at St Mary's extends that love to all.