Services at St Mary’s Parish Church 2025
10.00 am Holy Communion Every Sunday. (Part of the service is led by the church choir). It is on YouTube and Facebook most weeks.
- 10.15 am Midweek Communion Every Wednesday. This is a said service – no music
- Sunday 27th April & 25th May 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.
Sunday Services at St Peter’s Chapel in Brookhurst Close 2025
- 11.00 am Sunday 4th May Holy Communion
Sunday Services at the Church Centre (The Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Eastham Rake) 2025
- 11.00 am Sunday 4th May Holy Communion
- 11.00 am Sunday 11th May Morning Prayer
- 11.00 am Sunday 25th May Holy Communion
Sunday 4th May 6.00 pm Memorial Service
Our memorial services are held on a Sunday night four times a year. It is a time of peace and calm where bereaved families and friends can come together to remember those that are no longer with us.
This service is not only for the recently bereaved. Everyone is welcome, no matter how long ago their partner, relative or friend died. The service is not like a funeral when sometimes sadness is the uppermost feeling, but one where you will have the chance to reflect on hope for the future and remember happier times, to sing hymns and to light a candle for anyone you have lost no matter how long ago.
There is also the opportunity to view the Memorial Book in the Stanley Chapel, or talk to someone if you need to after the service.
The service is followed by refreshments.
🇬🇧Saturday 10th of May VE Day 80th Anniversary🎉🇬🇧
There will be a community get together in St Mary’s Church with memories of the VE day celebrations in 1945. Come and celebrate this anniversary with us.
More details to follow.
Regular Church Events
Little Gems 👩👧👨👩👧 Playgroup Tuesdays 9.30 am – 11.00 am at the Church Centre in Eastham Rake.
This is our carers’ and toddlers’ stay and play group. It’s an informal friendly playgroup group which runs in term time only. Dads, mums, grandparents & childminders are all welcome. The group are now having a beak for Easter. Next session: Tuesday 29th April.
CAMEO (Come and Meet Each Other)
Tuesdays 2.00 pm at the Church Centre in Eastham Rake.
This is a friendly meeting place for the people of Eastham and locality, particularly for senior citizens. Come along for a cuppa and cake. Entertainment includes: bingo, singalongs, visiting speakers and entertainment groups. For more information, or to get help with travel to the sessions, contact Barbara via contactstmaryseastham@gmail.com Next meeting: Tuesday 29th April.
Place of Welcome Wednesdays from 11:15 am to 2.00pm at St Mary’s Parish Church
The church is open each week as a place of welcome 💒 to anyone who wants to pop in for a friendly chat, a drink and a light snack, for example, beans on toast. You don’t have to be a churchgoer – everyone is welcome and it is free. If you like, you can bring your knitting, or play scrabble, or bring along other hobbies and share them with us. Next meeting: Wednesday 30th April.
Thursdays 10.00 – 11.15 Table Talk in Eastham Library
A new friendly group meeting in the local library just talking about the Arts in the broadest sense of the word, as well as chatting and supporting each other. Next meeting: Thursday 24th April.
The Net@73 (Community Partnerships and Friendships)
The Net@73 are currently meeting at the Church Centre on Eastham Rake while repairs are underway at Clifton Avenue. You are welcome to join us for coffee and cake on Fridays 10am – 12 noon
The Net@73 is a community space in 73 Clifton Avenue, Mill Park. It is a partnership between Mill Park Tenants’ and Residents’ Committee, Magenta Living and St. Mary’s Parish Church. The Net@73 is a community ‘drop-in centre’ providing interesting life skill courses, food, family fun and friendship.
Meet and Eat at the Church Centre in Eastham Rake on the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.
Soup and a sweet are served free of charge. This is followed by bingo. Everyone is welcome. Next Meeting 9th May
Church Open for Prayer 🙏 & Visits
The church is open every Friday and Saturday between 11.00 am and 2.00 pm for people to look around and as a quiet space for private prayer and contemplation.
Bible Study – Dates
Bible study sessions will be held at at the Church Centre in Eastham Rake.
4 week course on the book of James beginning on 30th April 7.00 – 8.00 pm (30th April, 7th May, 14th May & 21st May)
4 week course beginning on 11th June 7.00 – 8.00 pm (11th, 18th, 25th June & 2nd July)
Dates for your Diary 2025 – Some dates are provisional. All services in this list will be in St Mary’s Parish Church
- Tuesday 29th April 7.00 pm Church Annual General Meeting
- Sunday 4th May 6.00 pm Memorial Service
- Thursday 29th of May Ascension Day – service to be confirmed
- Sunday 8th June 6.00 pm Songs of Praise for Pentecost Sunday
- Sunday 6th July 6.00 pm Choral Evensong
- Sunday 13th July 6.00 pm Memorial Service
- Sunday 3rd August 10.00 am Holy Communion with guest choir
- Sunday 3rd August 6.00 pm Choral Evensong with guest choir
- Sunday 7th September 6.00 pm Choral Evensong – Harvest
- Sunday 2nd November 6.00 pm Memorial Service– All Souls