News
St Mary’s Open Gardens – Charity Fundraising
Sunday 11th June, 12 to 6pm, come and visit some of St Mary’s gardens. We are raising money for four charities this year, one of which is Trustlinks who have an amazing facility on our doorstep in Elm Road Shoeburyness. It seems appropriate to raise funds in our gardens for their wonderful garden
Holy Week and Easter 2023
Maundy Thursday 6th April 6:30pm - Bring and Share Meal 8pm - Holy Communion and Stripping the Altar Good Friday 7th April 10am - XPLORE Family Service in Church Hall followed by Hot Cross Buns 2pm - a service of Easter Readings, Music and Reflection ...
St Mary’s Annual Parochial Church Meeting 2023
Our annual church meeting to review the activities of 2022 and early 2023 will take place in the Church Hall on Sunday 2nd April after our 10.30am service.
St Mary Berry
Our next Vestment Fundraiser is going to be at 6pm on Saturday 4th March, and it is called “St Mary Berry”.
Christmas 2022
At St Mary’s we are offering many ways to get involved this Christmas season - take a look at what’s on offer below, add the dates to your diary, and we look forward to welcoming you to our beautiful church at this most wonderful time of year! Sunday 4th December...
St Mary’s Newsletter – 20th October 2022
Our weekly newsletter – for those that don’t already receive it. If you like what you read and want to hear more you can sign up at the bottom of the home page.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – 1926-2022
With the sad passing of Her Majesty The Queen, a constant to each one of us throughout our lives there are some special arrangements for the next few days at St Mary's. From Friday through to Monday, from 10am - 4pm, the church will be open with a book of condolences...
St Mary’s Patronal Festival Weekend – What’s On
Lots happening this weekend at St Mary’s to celebrate our Patronal Festival. Something for everyone – the flower arrangers, the singers, the curious and ….. the cake eaters .
St Mary’s Flower Festival – 3rd September 10am to 3pm
Set aside some time on Saturday 3rd September to visit our Patronal Flower Festival celebrating with us the feast of the Virgin Mary
St Mary’s receives Eco Church Silver Award
The eagle eyed among you will have seen a new logo appearing on our website. St Mary’s has been awarded the Eco Church Silver Award
Platinum Jubilee Strawberry Afternoon Tea
St Mary’s is celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a Strawberry Afternoon Tea party on Sunday 5th June.
Easter 2022 – What’s happening at St Mary’s
Easter will soon be upon us and here at St Mary’s we’ve lots of events planned which we’d love you to join
Annual Parochial Church Meeting 2022
Our annual church meeting to review the activities of 2021 will take place on Sunday 3rd April.
Easter Bake Challenge
Show off your baking skills at St Mary’s Easter Bake Challenge which takes place on 14th April 2022. There will be three categories, Easter Cake, Easter Sponge and Easter Cupcakes and prizes will be awarded for the best in each category.
In case you missed it – Christmas at St Mary’s 2021
We’ve added some new photos of the Church decorated for Christmas 2021 to our Gallery page
Happy New Year 2022 – Let’s look forward
Time to look forward and plan for our future growth. Check out the details in the January magazine, p6, online now.
Christmas Hamper Raffle for Send a Cow
Christmas Hamper Raffle for Send a Cow
Charitable Giving at St Mary’s
Send a Cow is the charity we’ve chosen at St Mary’s to support this autumn in addition to our ongoing support for local charity Harp, The Foodbank and The Children’s Society. It’s part of our new Charitable Giving initiative
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
St Mary’s Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) will take place on Tuesday 18th May at 8pm in Church The report that will be discussed at this meeting can be downloaded using the following link:...
St Mary’s – Back in Church
As lockdown restrictions have eased we are now holding regular Sunday services in Church whilst still respecting Covid Secure requirements