St Mary's Notices

Summer Sunday Communion at 11am on 12th July
This week we start our Summer Sunday Series! We will be taking a look at some of the Pastoral Letters and the General Letters of the New Testament. This first week we will begin with 1 Timothy and Paul’s charge to Godly Leadership.

Summer Sunday Morning Worship with Advocate at 11am on 19th July
On the 19th, we will explore James’ exhortation to live with wisdom.

Remember that our services will be at 11 am, and we will all be worshipping together. Hazel has kindly organised activity packs for the children and young people- but don’t let having a few more years of experience stop you investigating them if you are young at heart!

All Together Agape, led by our children and young people at 10am
Please join us for our bimonthly Children and Young People Led All Together Agape. This interactive service on 'Unstoppable Mission!' is for all ages and concludes our journey though the book of Acts. We'll be celebrating RECOGNISE 2026, a national week of recognition for everyone involved in ministry with children, young people, and their families (CYPF), by praying for our wonderful volunteers during the service and saying thank you with celebratory cakes and refreshments after the service, where you'll also be able to take a look at what our wonderful volunteers do.

Evensong at 6pm
Join is this Sunday for our Evensong at 6pm, where we are back on our journey through Acts following Paul's unstoppable mission. The readings are Acts 20:17-38 & 28:23-31 and Luke 9:51-62.

Morning Worship with Advocate at 10am
We look forward to welcoming you to our Thanksgiving and Baptism and Advocate service on Sunday morning! Our
Acts series brings us to chapter 16, where we find doors closing and another opening and two, different, baptism
stories.
Evening Communion with Advocate at 6pm
We’re welcoming our friend Revd Bob Edge to preach and preside at the evening Communion service and we’ll hear
again about SAFI, our Advocate charity for June.

Confirmation Service – Sunday 21st June at 10am at St Botolph’s
This Sunday is the Confirmation service at St Botolph's, Shepshed. Please remember that there is no morning service at St Mary's so that we can support Frankie, Amanda and Titus as they are confirmed. Please do come to the Father's Day breakfast at St Mary's first if you can, and we can share lifts over to Shepshed!

Worship with a Classical Flavour at 6pm
Join us on Sunday evening for Worship with a Classical Flavour. We'll be looking at Acts 10:1-48, Peter and Cornelius: A Tale of Two Conversions, which will be interspersed with some beautiful music from Jeremy and Corrine. Our service will be followed by our regular refreshments and a short concert on piano and woodwind.

All Together Worship at 10am
All ages are welcome to join us at 10am as we worship together and explore the conversion of Saul. In this
interactive service, we'll be discovering more about the transforming power and call of God and what this might
mean for us.
Evening Communion at 6pm
Join us for Sunday evening's Communion service, where Steve O'Roarke will be our guest preacher and
president. He'll be continuing in our Acts series, looking at Saul's life-changing encounter with the risen Jesus!

All Together Agape at 10am
Our journey through Acts takes us to the story of a special meeting and asks us whether we are Philip… or the Ethiopian when it comes to our faith.

Evensong at 6pm
Join us this Sunday evening for Evensong. We continue to look at Acts, focusing on the story of Phillip and the Ethiopian. The Readings are Acts 8:26-40 and John 15:1-8.

Morning Communion at 10am and Evening Worship at 6pm
Join us on Sunday when Rev Bob Edge will be joining us to preach and preside at our 10 am Communion service and preach at our 6 pm service. We're continuing our Acts series, trying to keep up with the Holy Spirit (!) with the topic Courageous Church.

Morning Worship with Advocate at 10am and Evening Communion with Advocate at 6pm

We hope that you'll join us on Sunday at 10am, to celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. In our morning worship service, we'll be learning together about just how special the Day of Pentecost was and how incredible it is that we have the Holy Spirit as our Helper, Advocate and Counsellor today.
In the evening we will celebrate a traditional Communion Service for the Feast of Pentecost with the option of anointing with oil as a sign of personal renewal in the power of the Spirit, and the lighting of candles from the Easter candle, marking the end of Easter-tide. Liz Rawlings will be visiting us, to preach and preside.

Morning Communion at 10am and Evening Worship at 6pm
Join us this Sunday as we begin to look at the book of Acts. It is the Sunday after Ascension Day so we will be looking at Christ ascending the heaven with the theme ‘waiting and promise’. The Bible readings are Acts 1:1-11 and Luke 24:44-53. Rev Angela Tarry will be joining us in the morning to preach and preside, and there will also be a children's group during the service.

All Together Worship at 10am and Evening Communion at 6pm
Join us this Sunday as we continue to look at John’s Epistles. These small letters were written to the early church as an encouragement to hold fast in their faith. In the morning service, we will be exploring the theme of Living in Love from John’s teachings. Our good friend Rev David Newman will be joining us at the evening service to preach and lead communion.

All Together Agape at 10am, led by our children and young people
Please join us for our bimonthly Children and Young People Led All Together Agape as we explore Walking in the Light in John's Epistles - which follows on well from the last service they led on Jesus the Light of the World. We'll be celebrating their musical talents and acting skills and sharing our Agape meal, where all are welcome to eat and drink together.

Evensong at 6pm
Today we start our look at some of the shorter letters in the bible. Our passages are 1 John 1:11-2:11 and John 8:12 our focus is walking in the light.

Baptism Service, with Advocate at 10am
This Sunday we will have the baptism pool set up! Please be praying for Frankie and Amanda as they are being baptised/reaffirming their baptism and come along to celebrate with them. We will also be concluding our series on John’s gospel with the story of Peter’s restoration and calling and hearing an update on the work of BACA. The children’s group will be meeting at the beginning of the service, joining us later for the baptism.

Evening Communion, with Advocate at 6pm
Everyone is welcome to our Evening Communion service. The readings are 1 Peter 2:19-25 and John 21:15-25, bringing our series on John’s gospel to a close. There will also be an advocate update on behalf of BACA.