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.
We regularly share information by email with those who have chosen to be on our mailing list. The parish update is an emailed letter from our vicar, Rev’d Beth Glover; it keeps people informed about the things we do in the church, parish and community. If you’d like to be added to the mailing list please contact contactstmaryseastham@gmail.com
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 April
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. The donations will go to Wirral Foodbank.
10.00 am Holy Communion said service. Our hard working choir and our organist have well-earned week off this Sunday and we will be having a quiet, said service of Holy Communion. 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. This is a very informal service aimed at children and their families. Come for 11.00 am for refreshments.
We’ll be learning about God’s love through the story of Doubting Thomas.
Wednesday 30th April at St Mary’s Parish Church
10.15 am Midweek Holy Communion. This is a 45 minute said service. Simone Llewellyn will be preaching and Rev’d Beth Glover will be celebrating Holy Communion.
Wednesday 30th April 7.00 – 8.00 pm Bible Study at the Church Centre in Eastham Rake
This is the first of a series of four Bible Study sessions on the Book of James led by Nikki Matthews.
The sessions are a chance to look closely at scripture, discuss it and think together about the ways in which we may apply its lessons to our everyday lives.
Future dates: 7th May, 14th May & 21st May.
He is Risen!
There are beautiful flower arrangements and displays both inside and outside our church to help us to celebrate the resurrection of the saviour.
Details of how we’ve celebrated Holy Week on our recent events page .
There is also a selection of online prayers on our Easter Resources 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.