Author Archives: St Mary's C of E church
LGBTQIA+ – General Synod debates
by Revd Sara Batts-Neale In the midst of misleading headlines, General Synod met in London in February. Contrary to the media, we did not debate introducing liturgy that allows for options in how we refer to God.Instead, alongside other significant … Continue reading
Church bells on Wednesday 22 February
The church bells will be ringing intermittently tomorrow afternoon, in preparation for the ‘real thing’ in May, when our tower will take part in the national ‘Ring for the King’ campaign which is part of the celebrations for King Charles … Continue reading
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Quiz 2023
15 teams subjected themselves to 10 rounds of questions by QM Peter Kerr, who was in splendid form and wearing a specially exuberant bow tie for the occasion. We’re grateful that so many people came to support this annual fundraising … Continue reading
On the cusp of Lent
Rev Dr Sara Batts-Neale reflects on the forthcoming season of Lent in one of the Weekly Sermons made available on the Diocesan website, and in the video of it linked to in this post. It can be viewed here.
Music for Good Friday 2023
Rehearsals for Music for Good Friday start on Thursday 9th February in Church at 7.30pm we welcome singers for all voice parts who may like to join usWe will sing music by Mozart and Richard Farrant. Rehearsals continue every Thursday … Continue reading
Legs Eleven!
A Prize Bingo event will be run on Saturday February 25th at 3PM in the Annex of St Mary’s Church Wivenhoe. We have a very experienced Bingo caller for this event. There will be four games in the first half, … Continue reading
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Living in Love and Faith update
On 18 January Chelmsford Diocese posted a special edition of The View, its online news magazine, on the above topic.It is shown in full below. =============================== Yesterday, the College and House of Bishops met to consider a paper for the February … Continue reading
Why church bells are ringing tomorrow?
Tomorrow, New Year’s Eve 2022 will see the close of what, in future years, could be viewed as having been a historical year. To mark this St Mary’s bells will ring 2022 changes. (A change being defined as each bell … Continue reading
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