Join us for Morning Prayer at St Mary's.
Mums and Tots’ is a busy, friendly and fun preschool playgroup that meets on Tuesday mornings during term time, upstairs in the Parish Hall.
There are lots of toys to encourage active learning and play, and each week there is also a craft activity. The sessions finish with singing and the children are encouraged to join in with the actions!
Each session costs £1.00 per family. At times it becomes necessary to run a waiting list so please contact us for further information regarding this. We look forward to welcoming you!
For more details please contact the Parish Office on 01270 625268
Term time only
Led by Director of Music, Alison Phillips, Sing @ St Mary’s is an opportunity for children of Primary School age to learn to sing in a small junior choir.
They practice every week on Tuesdays at 4:00pm in the Parish Hall. Parents and carers are welcome.
A thoughtful service using the Book of Common Prayer. A reflective, peaceful time, followed by tea/coffee and biscuits. You are very welcome to come along.
A lively, family friendly service, for children, parents and grandparents - join us live on Facebook!
Little Fish is a fun and friendly group for preschool babies and children. The group meets weekly during term time on Thursdays from 10-11:30am in St. Nicholas Chapel in church (follow the sounds of the children!). The sessions are free of charge and are open to all.
Each session is planned around a theme and includes songs, a story time and craft activity. Refreshments are enjoyed by everyone and the children have time to play with some toys. This is an ideal time for the adults to get together and chat and to meet new people.
Term time only
Free entry. Retiring Collection.
Amisa, violin
Elgar, Salut d'amour
Kreisler, Sicilienne and Rigaudon
Oscar Fairclough, tenor
Scarlatti - Gia il sole dal Gange
Philidor - Vous voules que je vous oubliee
C. Schumann - Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen
Quilter - Go Lovely Rose
Jeremy Liu. cello
Shostakovich, Sonata for cello and piano, op. 40, 1. Allegro non troppo
Izzy Davies, soprano
Pergolesi, Se tu m'ami
Faure, Après un rêve
C. Hubert H. Parry, My heart is like a singing bird
Sondheim, The Glamorous Life
Georgia Paxton, horn
York Bowen, Sonata for horn and piano in E flat, 1. Moderato espressivo
Bozza, En Foret op.40
Friday Place of Welcome is a safe, welcoming, free space for anyone to come to share food and meet together in friendly company.
A simple menu suitable for mid-morning snacks to early light lunch will be served.
We will gratefully accept voluntary donations and hope to cover our costs. Any profit will help the outreach work of St. Mary's Church and other local charities helping to alleviate poverty.
5 Principles are upheld:
Place: A hospitable and accessible building, open at the same time every week.
People: Open to everyone regardless of their circumstances or situation, and staffed by volunteers committed to making it happen. Presence: A safe place where people actively listen to one another. Provision: Free refreshments are on offer along with basic local information.
Participation: Recognition that every person coming into a Place of Welcome will bring talents, experiences and skills that they might be willing to share locally.
A great tradition of music has built up over many years at St Mary’s and there are now nearly 40 singers in the church choir. We have recently been delighted to admit 8 junior choristers from SING!@St Mary’s.
The choir helps to lead worship at the 10.45am and 6.00pm services as well as taking part in several services of celebration throughout the year for the major Christian festivals. We also sing choral evensong on the 4th Sunday of each month at 6.00pm.
We are supported by Simon Russell, our splendid organist as well as Jonathan Layfield our deputy organist.
If you are interested in joining this enthusiastic, expanding group, please contact the Musical Director, Alison Phillips, on 01270 625074.
A said service (no music), using the Book of Common Prayer.
A family friendly service with children’s groups, using Common Worship in modern language, with music led by the worship band. Holy Communion is usually on the first Sunday of the month.
Live-streamed on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.
A service of Holy Communion using Common Worship in modern language. Music led by the excellent choir of St Mary’s.
Also live-streamed on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.
If you would like company on a Sunday afternoon, and a chat over a cup of tea/coffee and cake, then you might like to join us at Seniors’ Lounge. This is held in the Parish Hall from 3 – 4 pm on the 2nd Sunday of every month.
In addition to refreshments, there are optional games, your favourite hymns, a short talk and other activities suggested by members.
For more information contact the Parish Office on: 01270 625268
Sung Evening Prayer according to the Book of Common Prayer, with the Choir.
Compline - 5th Sunday of the month.
Free entry. Retiring collection
Entracte – Jacques Ibert
Andante Religioso – Henriette Renie
Berceuse - Charles Oberthur
Prelude from Partita in E major for solo violin - J. S. Bach
Algues Suite – Bernard Andres
LIFE IS FLASHING BEFORE MY EYES AND I REALISE IT ALL STARTED WITH A BLACKBIRD – Uno Vesje
Teacht an Earraigh – Sam Kane
Czardas - Vittorio Monto
James Warburton is a freelance violinist based in the North West of England and North Wales. He graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester with first-class honours.
Hailing from Bolton, James started playing the violin at age 7 and progressed through the local music service orchestras, before joining the Halle Youth Orchestra and the RNCM’s junior department, where he was taught by Steve Wilkie for four years. During his undergraduate degree at the RNCM that followed, James led notable projects such as the RNCM Symphony Orchestra’s annual Bridgewater Hall concert and their production of The Marriage of Figaro.
Currently, James freelances with various orchestras in the North West, including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Philharmonic, as well as the Symphonia Verbum Orchestra (as leader) and Manchester Concert Orchestra. James also performs at Candlelight Concerts run by Fever, the Piccadilly Sinfonietta, and his own concerts (including here in St Mary’s!), as well as weddings and events across the UK.
James is very fortunate to play a 1772 Joseph Hill violin, generously loaned to him by the Tompkins Tate Musical Instrument Trust.
Welsh harpist Angharad Huw completed her undergraduate degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2023 with first class honours, and was awarded the Musicales Prize on graduation. She studied with Eira Lynn Jones and Dr Anne-Marie O’Farrell, and was previously a member of Junior RNCM, where she was awarded the Rotary Prize for Performance and the John Ellis Memorial Prize.
Angharad has performed in numerous concerts across North Wales, Cheshire, Merseyside, and Greater Manchester as a soloist, ensemble player, and orchestral musician.
She has performed in Edinburgh and Wales International Harp Festivals, was a prize-winner in the Urdd National Eisteddfod and the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and has performed in venues such as Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, The Bridgewater Hall, and Nottingham Theatre Royal.
Encounter provides an opportunity to gather together in an environment where faith & fellowship can be shared & it’s a great opportunity to share God’s love in community. People can chat, listen, drink coffee, sing songs, discuss & pray together as a community.
Encounter is a place of Christian exploration & worship, whether you’ve never heard of Jesus before, or whether you’ve attended churches for years. We hope you will find at Encounter, a safe place where you can meet others on the journey of faith.
Bring your laughter, bring your questions, bring your faith, bring your doubt, & all in the hope that we might ENCOUNTER God afresh.
We meet at 7.15pm every 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month, in the parish hall adjacent to St Mary’s church.