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. Our three churches in the parish of Eastham are welcoming Anglican churches with diverse congregations. For details see our mission statement page. 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
Sunday 27th September at St Mary’s Parish Church
This is our foodbank Sunday🥫Those coming to St Mary’s are invited to bring an item or two of non-perishable food and /or toiletries if they are able to do so; this includes the J4U service.
10.00 am Holy Communion with choir. Rev’d Beth Glover will be celebrating Holy Communion and Reader Diane Green will be preaching. Children and families are welcome. Activities for children are available at the back of church.
11.15 am J4U. Our monthly family service with songs, 🎶 musical instruments 🥁 for all, fun, stories, prayers 🙏 cake 🍰 and a whole lot more. We will also be welcoming the families of little ones who are coming to St Mary’s for Baptism. This is a very informal service aimed at children and their families. Come for 11.00 am for refreshments.
Sunday 27th September St Peter’s Chapel in Brookhurst Close
11.00 am Holy Communion: Rev’d Maureen Coats will be preaching and celebrating Holy Communion.
Wednesday 30th Sept 10.15 am Midweek Service of Holy Communion at St Mary’s Parish Church
Nikki Matthews will be preaching and Rev’d Beth Glover will be celebrating Holy Communion. This is a said service.
Bible Study 7.00 pm on Wednesday 30th September at the Church Centre (The Chapel of the Holy Spirit) in Eastham Rake.
We will be continuing to look at selected extracts from the Book of Isaiah, exploring the prophecies and promises of this intriguing and inspiring book. This concluding session will be led by Nikki Matthews . Tea & coffee will be provided. All are welcome.
Sunday 4th October 10.00 is our Harvest Festival
As we remember God’s generosity to us, we also think of those in need and request that donations are made to Wirral Foodbank. Items can be brought to church. The items they particularly need are listed below. Donations can be made at any of our church venues.
To find out more about Wirral Foodbank or to donate money check out their website
wirral.foodbank.org.uk
or contact them via email: enquiries@wirralfoodbank.org.uk
Sunday 4th October 10.00 am at St Mary’s Parish Church
🌾 Harvest Festival 🌾 In our family friendly 🌾Harvest Festival Service 🌾 we thank God for the harvest and for all that we have. The church will be specially decorated 🌻🌺🍅🍐🥭🍇 and looking good! The service will include an informal communion celebrated by Rev’d Beth Glover and Chris Fogarty will be preaching.
As we give thanks to God for all we have, we’ll also be thinking of those who don’t have enough. There’ll be a collection of food for Wirral Food Bank. If you are able to do so, please bring some non-perishable food to donate. They specially need tinned meat, tinned soup and tinned vegetables 🥫.
There’s harvest refreshments ☕️ 🍪🧃after the service too .
The service will also be live streamed. St Mary’s Eastham Live Stream This will go live about 10 minutes before the service is due to start. We will put a link on our Facebook Page which is available here: fb.com/StMarysEastham.
Sunday 4th October St Peter’s Chapel in Brookhurst Close
11.00 am Harvest Festival Diane Green will be preaching and leading a special service of prayer and worship for Harvest.
Sunday 4th October at the Church Centre (The Chapel of the Holy Spirit) in Eastham Rake
11.00 am Morning Worship: Nikki Mathews will be preaching and leading a special service of prayer and worship for Harvest.
Sunday 4th October 6.30 pm Churches ⛪️💒⛪︎ Together Harvest Celebration Service
at Bromborough Methodist Church, 175 Allport Ln, Bromborough, Wirral CH62 7HW.
St Mary’s is a member of Churches Together in Bromborough and Eastham (CTBE); local Methodist, Anglican, Roman Catholic and United Reformed Churches are all involved. They have organised this service.
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.