Author Archives: St Mary's C of E church
Easter Sunday live-streamed service
On Easter Sunday 12 April at 10.30 am the service of Eucharist will be live-streamed from the Rectory. Revd Erwin Lammens has already prepared the Order of Service so people who would like to participate in the responses can download … Continue reading
Holy Week at home
Chelmsford Diocese has prepared many resources for use during Holy Week to help you worship at home and you can access them by clicking on this link. There is an introduction by bishop Stephen and resources for each day of … Continue reading
Palm Sunday: streaming from the rectory
Join us as we gather on line this Palm Sunday at 10.30 am for a service of Eucharist from the rectory, celebrated by Revd Erwin Lammens. It will be live-streamed on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/St-Marys-Church-Wivenhoe-816444805403094/
St Mary’s bells
We hear on the grapevine that there are people in the town who sorely miss the sound of St Mary’s bells. Someone was even seen to suggest that a donation to the church might entice the bellringers back to the … Continue reading
Children’s on-line Easter workshop 2020
Revd Erwin writes: It is with great sadness that we will be unable to hold this year’s Easter workshop in our church. However do not worry; we have been working hard over the last week to be able to bring … Continue reading
Live Streaming on Palm Sunday
We’ll be gathering together virtually at 10.30 am on Sunday 5 April for a 30-minute service of Eucharist with a short sermon. It’s all been made possible by the hard work of the Rector with the assistance of his technical … Continue reading
Zooming in on each other
We are finding new ways to keep in touch with each other: by email and over the internet. This post will hopefully help some people to learn how it is possible to have a virtual face-to-face meeting, using your desktop … Continue reading
St Mary’s Men’s Group on Zoom
News just in is that the Men’s Group has found a way of continuing its meetings while we remain in social lockdown. The next (virtual) meeting will be held on Monday 30 March at 8 pm. The discussion topic will … Continue reading
Hesitant digital steps
Some churches are well advanced in their use of digital technology – not so St Mary’s. One limitation is that the church does not yet have Wifi. Getting it has been explored a number of times in the past but … Continue reading
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