A different kind of Christmas!
The Word gave life to everything,
and his life brought light to everyone.
Welcome to the Parish Church of St. Mary in Charnwood, Nanpantan. We would love to meet you and welcome you to any of our services or events.
Church Open for Sunday Services at 10 am and 6pm
10am
We are once again worshiping in the building with 2 Sunday services at 10am and 6 pm. We're also presently recording a service to post on YouTube for those who aren't able to join in person.
St Marys Online Worship - (on YouTube )
The weekly service is published following each Sunday morning.
A Sunday Service will be recorded on Sunday mornings and then in the days that follow be put on You Tube . See the below for our latest service.
Morning Prayer (weekdays by zoom at 9:00 am)
We meet daily for morning prayer over zoom.
Mossy Church
A family drop-in, held on the first Saturday of every month ( not 1st January 2022) from 3pm-4:30pm. Held outside with stations through our woodland. Please do come along and join us. For more info and to keep in touch, click below on the link to our Forest Church facebook page.
Campfire Compline
An opportunity to worship, reflect and experience spirituality in the woodland around the campfire. Re-starting 19th June and then held on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month ( not 1st January 2022) from 5-5.45pm. For more information click below on the link to our Forest Church facebook page.
Sunday Services at St Mary's
The church is presently only opening for Private Prayer on Sunday afternoons between 3:00pm and 4:00pm.
In noraml times we would have had three services on a Sunday, two morning services, one at 09:30, one at 11:00, and an evening service at 18:00. During the school summer holidays we have a single morning service at 10:00.
The morning services may be Holy Communion, Morning Prayer or All Age - please see the church calendar.
The evening service is usually a smaller more intimate service of Holy Communion or Evening Prayer. Occasionally we host Worship with a Classical Flavour with guest musicians at the 6pm service which would be followed by a short recital or concert.
See here for directions to, and parking at, St Mary's.
Communion
Sprinkling with Baptism water
Bishop Martyn Lead's Communion at St Mary's
Communion