The recorded service will be posted on facebook.com/stmarysewell/videos at 5:30pm on Sunday 20 December.

If you are looking for an Advent book to buy, here are some titles for you to consider. The One True Light by Tim Chester has daily readings from John’s gospel, In Touch with God by Michael Green and Rosemary Green (The Archbishop of York’s Advent Book 2017) has Advent meditations on biblical prayers. Journey to the Manger by Paula Gooder explores the various New Testament accounts with the help of a biblical scholar. If you enjoy poetry both haphazard by starlight by Janet Morley and Waiting on the Word by Malcolm Guite offer a poem a day from Advent to Epiphany. If art is your thing have a look…

Download the Rhyme-Time Christmas Trail pack here: RHYMETIME CHALLENGE, to start your festive walk around your local area.                

Some prayer suggestions for Advent. ⁠

We are supporting Operation Christmas Child again this year. All are invited to put together a shoebox of gifts which will be sent to a child somewhere in the world who otherwise would receive nothing at Christmas. It’s important to read the instructions carefully: look at their website or pick a leaflet up in the church. Church will be open on Tuesday 3 November, 5–6 pm and the Vicar will be there to bless each box as it arrives. You will be invited to put you shoebox directly into a large crate. The boxes will not be checked so please fill them up. Last year, we collected 274 boxes. Can…

A morning of varied on-line live and recorded events for all ages on the theme of caring for nature and the environment has been organised for 26 September and will be shown on the Events section of St Mary’s Facebook page. Everything is on-line because, sadly, we aren’t able to meet in church as usual this year. You can see the on-line programme here. There are three competitions all with a deadline for entries of 23.59 on 20 September. For details about how to enter the photo, poetry and creative creatures competitions, see here. The winners of the poetry competition will be announced at 12 noon on the day. The winners of the photo competition and the Creative Creatures competition will be announced around 12.10…

UPDATE: The funeral of our friend and priest Patrick Miller will be this Thursday, 10 September, at 11.30am. Because of limits on numbers, only family and a few close friends can attend in person. Everyone else is encouraged to attend the funeral online, as we plan a basic livestream on Facebook in the same way as we do for our Sunday services. You don’t need to be a Facebook user. Go to this address online: www.facebook.com/stmarysewell/live We suggest you log on from 11.20am, there will be music playing before the funeral starts. We also hope to record the service so if there are any problems with the livestream we would…

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