St Mary's Notices

This term we will be looking in the bible to see what it says about God and about us. This week, we are looking at God the Creator and how he created us in His image. There will be play dough and nature art! Everyone welcome! Mossy Church takes place in the woodland at St Mary's.

We are looking forward to welcoming Archdeacon Claire Wood who will be coming to preach and preside at our 10am service. Please come along to give Claire a St Mary’s welcome. A children’s group will be running during the service. At 6pm please come and join us for the first 'Worship with a Creative Flavour' of the year, which this year will be taking place bi-monthly.

In our 10am All Age worship service, we'll be keeping our eyes peeled for signs and symbols as we hear about some important visitors from the Christmas story. And just like them, everyone is welcome!
There will be no YouTube livestream this week. A service of Holy Communion will take place at 6pm. Please come along and welcome Angela Tarry as she leads this service.

If you feel like enjoying a relaxing and uplifting evening with music and refreshments, the EVE Piano Trio will be presenting a concert this Friday January 6th at St Mary’s; playing classical favourites from Mozart, Haydn, and friends through to “Palm Court” cafe and seasonal music. The concert starts at 7:30pm and tickets are free but as space is limited, please book in advance at EveTrio@hotmail.com. Everybody is welcome - please support our concert and church by donating at the end – thank you!

Please join us at 3pm on the 24th December for a retelling of the Christmas Story with carols. You are invited to come dressed as your favourite Nativity character for this interactive service followed by refreshments. We are looking forward to seeing you!

Happy Christmas everybody! Whatever your plans to celebrate this year, I pray that you will know the peace, joy and hope that comes with the message of God's love for us, seen in the gift of Jesus, God with us. Reverend Adele.

A lovely Christmas activity day designed for children up to 8years and their carers, but all ages are very welcome. Bring your wellies to enjoy a woodland trail and quiz, followed by crafts and refreshments indoors, and a free book to take home. It will run from 10am-2pm and you're welcome to drop in any time. Please invite family and neighbours. The event is free with donations welcome to cover costs.

At 10am there will be an All-Age Communion service. Our theme for Christmas this year is ‘sheep’ and the church will be decorated with the many sheep that have been crafted as gifts, so come along and join us as we think about what it means to be a sheep in God’s flock (sheep costumes optional!). Please also join us for Carols by Candlelight at 6pm. Again the church will be decorated so come along and join the flock for a Baaaarilliant start to Christmas! Based on the traditional service of lessons and carols, led by our Christmas Choir.

The last rehearsal for performing at Carols by Candlelight this Sunday 5-6pm. If you haven’t managed to attend more than 1 rehearsal yet, then this is your last chance!

Please join as we sing carols at 5 different stops around our parish! A full itinerary of the walk and a map are available. To view these, please click on the St Mary's Notices for 11th December. If you can't manage the full route, please join us when you can and invite friends and neighbours to come along too!

All Age Christingle at 10am: Please invite friends and family to join us for this interactive service hosted at church. Bring your own orange which we will be making into Christingles during the service. There will be a plate collection during this service, which will be donated to The Children’s Society.

Come and learn some Christmas songs to sing at Carols by Candlelight on the 18th December! There will be only 1 more rehearsal during advent after this, but recognising it’s a busy time of year, we are asking people to attend a minimum of 2 out of the original 4 if at all possible, so this is your last chance to join in! All are held at St Mary’s from 5pm to 6pm. The last date will be the 17th December.