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Midnight Service 2023

If you cannot attend in person you may like to know that the Midnight Eucharist service will be streamed live on both Youtube and Facebook this year. If you have a Facebook account you’ll find our page by searching for … Continue reading

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Carols on the Quay

Click on the image to link to the page with lyrics, and sing along on Sunday 17 December at 6pm.

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Choral Carol Service 2023

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Spring Lane Christmas garden lights

Surely we don’t need to remind anyone in Wivenhoe that at 8 Spring Lane a fairy display of Christmas lights opens on the same night as the great Switching On and Christmas Market at the bottom of the town? Come … Continue reading

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Ending the year’s concert programme

This one did not appear in the published 2023 St Mary’s Music Society programme: THE CHURCHFITTERS band will come to St Mary’s on Friday 1 December at 7.30pm with a concert they have called A CHRISTMAS CRACKER Tickets are £12, … Continue reading

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Musicians wanted

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Music for Remembrance

On Sunday evening 12 November at 6.30 pm, St Mary’s Singers with soloists and organist John Rippin will present a programme of Music for Remembrance consisting of choral works, solos and organ and piano pieces. Mainly by English Composers spanning … Continue reading

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Christmas Market donations collection

A box will be in place at the back of the church after Sunday 12th November for donations of items for the Gift Stall. We are also looking for people to help on Gift, Raffle and Book stalls, as well … Continue reading

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Grave Talk

As taken from the November Tidings article about this event. What would you like written on your gravestone?How easy is it to talk about death with your family?What might heaven be like?What do you most value in life? These are … Continue reading

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A prayer for the people of the Holy Land

God of Compassion and Justice,We cry out to you for all who suffer in the Holy Land today.For your precious children, Israelis and Palestinians,Traumatised in fear for their lives;Lord, have mercy. For the families of the bereaved,For those who have … Continue reading

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