Author: rcl53

Following on from the fantastic response to the parable of the
talents during Lent 2023, we will be considering two of the most well known verses in the bible from St John’s Gospel this Lent.

How will we do this?

Everyone is invited to show hospitality to someone they don’t
really know. It could be someone in the congregation or a neighbour in your street. This can take whatever form you wish. At its simplest level, it may be just talking to someone after church and making them feel welcome, or you may decide to invite someone new to your neighbourhood to morning coffee or afternoon tea with a few friends. You may find an offer to help out with a particular task would be appreciated or walking the dog together, inviting someone to join a group you are involved in or even having a supper party.

Whatever you decide to do, you will be showing love to your neighbour just as God shows his love to each of us.

As we welcome all to join us each week at St Mary’s and celebrate our vision as an inclusive church, we have this opportunity to get to know our neighbour. Invitation cards are available from the office if you wish to use them or you can download an ecard here.

Join us for a wonderful concert featuring Drybrook Ladies Choir, Drybrook Male Voice Choir and the A. W. Parker (Drybrook) Band on Saturday 30th September at 7pm. Tickets on the door at £10.

… to visit h.Art@St Mary’s. Lunches and teas available today, Saturday and tomorrow, Sunday.

Over 50 people attended our July Messy Church when we celebrated “moving on” with residents of Westbank Care Home. We all enjoyed afternoon tea together, followed by worship led by Caroline and the Youth Choir.

Here’s a taste of our primary schools art exhibition showing in St Mary’s until 17th May. Come in and see how the children have been inspired by the Coronation of King Charles III.

Our youngsters have been rehearsing for the Coronation with Archbishop Ann. You can watch the real thing at St Mary’s, either in the hall on the big screen or in church with coffee and cake on Saturday morning.

This afternoon (Thursday) we will be preparing for the Coronation. The church is decorated ready so come along in your Coronation Clothes (crowns, cloaks, red, white & blue etc). See you at 3.30pm.

Brampton Abbotts PCC said thank you to Rosemary Knapp, retiring Churchwarden, after many years service from both her and her late husband John, as churchwardens. David Hughes presented her with a pastel drawing of the church which he had drawn especially for her.

On Maundy Thursday we had our Easter Celebration. We had created prayer and bible leaves for the trees in the Easter Garden and have made lots of flowers and birds which you will find when you come to St Mary’s on Easter Day.

Congratulations to Team St Mary’s on winning the relay pancake race at the annual Ross Pancake Races.

The crib figures are here but one is missing. Join us at our Crib Service at 4pm on Christmas Eve to find him. Come dressed up as a character from the Christmas Story to help us make a HUGE nativity scene!