Author Archives: St Mary's C of E church
Bishop’s move
Sharing this bitter-sweet news that was released this morning. Watch Bishop @CottrellStephen speak about his appointment as the next Archbishop of York #ABY98: https://t.co/1jthPxSgWi pic.twitter.com/jgGNV9Vple — The Church of England (@churchofengland) December 17, 2019
Quay Carols Angel host
GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING. That’s the acclamation neatly lettered on the trumpet of each of the 400 angels that will be given out as Advent gifts to the town’s carol singers on The Quay. An industrious group of people … Continue reading
Advent Calendar on line
Biola University’s Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts (CCCA) has just opened its online Advent project for 2019. This is a free resource, made available to the whole world. Biola University is a Christian university in California. The Advent … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent_calendar, Advent_Project, art, Biola_University, daily_devotionals, music, poetry, Scripture
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St Nicholas arrives in Wivenhoe
St Nicholas will arrive by boat at Wivenhoe Quay today at 2 pm. He will then process to St Mary’s for his official welcome and speak to all the children. And as usual, his helpers will bring a sackful of … Continue reading
Dr Paula Gooder talks about the Christmas stories
One of the blessings of social media is that geography no longer needs to limit our participation in events. On Wednesday evening 27 November, Dr Paula Gooder spoke to an audience in St Paul’s cathedral, unraveling some of what the … Continue reading
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Let there be lights
Our December printed Tidings ran out of space so we post this contribution from Iain Ward here. Thanks Iain, for the hard work you and all the team, each year again, put into making the church and lower Wivenhoe look … Continue reading
Christingle and Posada
On Advent Sunday 1 December the annual Christingle service will be held at 4 pm at St Mary’s church. Always an inspiring and atmospheric event, this year it has the extra dimension of linking Advent to a pilgrimage as it … Continue reading
Tower repairs
As most church members will be aware, there is such a thing as a quinquennial inspection when the church architect goes over the building and draws up a Repair and Maintenance to-do list, suitably prioritised. So there’s permanently a rolling … Continue reading
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Tagged cupola, flintwork, quinquennial, repairs, tower, weatherproofing
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Welcoming Philip Howlett
At this morning’s service we were delighted to welcome Revd Philip Howlett who will be with us on a three-month placement during his curacy. It is of course total luxury to have more than one clergy in the parish and … Continue reading
Remembrance 2019
Showing the attendance at the War Memorial at the end of the Royal British Legion’s service of Remembrance, with young and old of Wivenhoe present. (Credit to Coralie for the image – thank you!)
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Tagged bownies, remembrance, residents, scouts, war_memorial
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