St Mary’s sits in the heart of West Rainton village and provides many functions such as Eucharist services, Weddings, funerals, Baptisms and community events.

Through the grace of God, we aim to follow Jesus as a caring community, proclaiming by word and example the love of God in Christ, with these five words as guidance: Tell, Teach, Tend, Transform and Treasure.

We are a friendly and inclusive church with a wide range of worshippers all enjoying the traditional form of Anglican worship. 

As we are currently in Vacancy and do not have a Priest in Charge our ministry team consists of  Julian Ward who is our Licenced Lay Minister and Mike Whitehouse as our Authorised Lay Minister of the Word.  We do have several local Priests who are giving their time to assist us in worship.

All the decisions about the Church are taken by the Churchwarden and Parochial Church Council within the guidance of the Church of England. We develop our own services such as Café Church, our Remembrance Day service, and our Village Carol Service. We would be delighted to see you at our regular Sunday service at 11am.

Our Churchwarden is Kevon Edis and you can contact him for wedding, baptism and funeral enquiries using the number at the left,  or see 'Our People During Vacancy' at the left for contact details of other people.

St Mary's Church, a grade II* listed building, has stood beautifully in the village for 160 years. Our spire can be seen for miles away over countryside and from the A1! The church plays an important role in the community life of the Parish of West Rainton and Leamside. Over the past two years we have raised enough funds and grants to repair both our stonework and knave roof. This have taken much prayer, hard work and dedication.  We have further roof repairs to attend to when funds allow.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. You will find a tab on the <left which will give you the details of our Safeguarding Officer and how to contact the Diocese Safeguarding team.

You can find a full explanation of our Mission Statement in the 'news' section.