Runwell: St Mary

Welcome to the A Church Near You page for our benefice, which includes St Andrew's and St Catherine's in Wickford and St Mary's in Runwell, and covers all of Wickford and Runwell. To get in touch with us, contact us here.

In our three churches, you will find:

a warm welcome, whoever you are, wherever you come from, and whatever you bring, because you are made in God's image; and

people in all their variety who try to live out God's transforming love for this parish and community.

Our services include:

On Sundays, 10.00 am Holy Communion at either St Andrew’s or St Mary’s, 11.00 am Holy Communion at St Catherine’s, and, except for the first Sunday in the month, a 6.30 pm service at one of our three churches;

Morning Prayer at 9.00 am on Tuesdays at St Andrew’s, Wednesdays at St Catherine’s, and Thursdays at St Mary’s; and

Midweek Holy Communion at 10.30 am on Wednesdays at St Andrew’s.

Many of our services are livestreamed at our Facebook page, click here. You can find out about our regular services and other activities at our What’s On page, click here.

The Wickford and Runwell Team Ministry is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer(s), PSOs. The Diocese of Chelmsford’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (DSA) who advise our PSOs. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the DSA. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority Children or Adults Services.

Get in touch

Alan Jones

St Mary's Church
Runwell Road
Runwell
Essex
SS11 7HS

Church Warden
01268 765360

Our website

What's on

9.30 AM Service

Occuring: Every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. for 1 hour
Venue: Runwell: St Mary
Address

Our Services at 9.30 am are most regularly a Eucharist but there is Morning Praise every third Sunday and an All-Age Service on the third Sunday in each month.

The Church gathers primarily for worship, to celebrate all that God is and all that God has done, to be drawn into the life of the Trinity: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We offer God songs and words of praise in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. We attend to God’s words in Scripture. We gather around the table of the Lord in the Holy Communion. We offer prayers for our own needs and the needs of the world. When we do this we join our prayers – thin and weak as they often are – with the great hymn of praise of the Church in both earth and heaven, in time and in eternity.

The Eucharist or Holy Communion is celebrated by the whole people of God gathered for worship. The ministry of the members of the congregation is expressed through their active participation together in the words and actions of the service, but also by some of them reading the Scripture passages, leading the prayers of intercession, and, if authorized, assisting with the distribution of communion.