Welcome to St Mary’s Parish Church. St Mary’s is a thriving, growing, laughing, loving and inclusive church. It is a welcoming and safe space.
Services are held every Sunday at 10.00 am at St Mary’s C of E Church in Stanley Lane, Eastham, Wirral CH62 0AQ. Some weeks there are also services at St Peter’s Chapel in Brookhurst Close and at the Church Centre (aka the Chapel of the Holy Spirit) in Eastham Rake. All of our services are followed by tea, ☕️ coffee, biscuits 🍪 and some time to be together. We’d love to welcome you and get to know you at any of our church venues.
Safeguarding: At St Mary’s, we work hard to maintain a safe environment for all. We are committed to implementing the House of Bishops’ safeguarding policies and good practice guidance. For details and contacts please see our safeguarding page.
Services and Events
Maundy Thursday 2nd April
7.00 pm Solemn Communion Service (with hand washing) followed by the stripping of the church and a move to silence and darkness as we wait for the cross.
Good Friday 3rd April
10.30 am Family Good Friday Service featuring: hymns, music, symbols, meditations plus lots of crafts and activities for children.
This service is followed by drinks and hot cross buns.
2.00 – 3.00 pm Meditation on the Cross Rev’d Beth Glover will be leading this thoughtful service of reflection on Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.
Easter Sunday 5th April at St Mary’s Parish Church
10.30 am Special Family Celebration Communion Rev’d Beth for Easter Day. Please note the later start time.
The church bells 🔔🔔will ring out to welcome you to a joyful celebration of the resurrection of our Lord. There’ll be lots of singing and choral music as well as activities for children.
Easter Sunday 5th April at St Peter’s Chapel in Brookhurst Close
11.00 am Celebration Communion Rev’d Maureen Coats will lead a joyful service of Holy Communion for Easter Sunday.
Bank Holiday Monday 6th April – Easter Treat
3.00 pm till 5.00 pm Willaston Garden Easter Event for little people and older people of all ages, including an Easter Egg Hunt in the garden and a chance to have teatime with the lambs at Helen and Philip Mayles’ home. For details and to book FREE places please contact Helen and Philip via our church email address: contactstmaryseastham@gmail.com
Wednesday 8th April
10.15 am Midweek Holy Communion at St Mary’s Parish Church : This is a 45 minute said service. Rev’d Beth Glover will be preaching and celebrating Holy Communion.
Easter Egg Hunt Change of Date
Important message to all those who have booked tickets to the 2026 Free Eventbrite Easter Egg Hunt at St Mary’s Parish Church.
Unfortunately, due to circumstances outside of our control, we have had to change the date of the Easter Egg Hunt at St Mary’s Church. The Easter Egg Hunt will now take place on Friday 10th April 2026 at St Mary’s between 10:30am and 2.00 pm.
The time slots have not changed and we have moved any bookings made for the Thursday to the same time slot on Friday. e.g. if you booked 2 tickets for Thursday 11:00-11:30, these have automatically been adjusted to Friday 11:00-11:30. You do not need to re-book if you are happy with your previously booked time slot on the new date of the 10th.
We understand that this change may not be appropriate for everyone, and that people may now want to cancel their tickets. If you have booked tickets for the event you should have received an email from Eventbrite giving this information. Near the bottom of the Eventbrite email is a link where orders can be viewed or cancelled. Alternatively send an email to stmarys.eastham.events@gmail.com and we can cancel the tickets for you.
We are very sorry to have to move the date like this, but this was the only option available to us. If you know of anyone else planning to come, please pass on this message to them. This information is also on our Facebook page.
Church Open for Prayer 🙏 and Visits
St Mary’s Church is open every Friday and Saturday between 11.00 am and 2.00 pm. It is a chance for people to look around and/or use the church as a quiet space for private prayer and contemplation.