You are welcome to join us at Holmbury church for any of our services or come along for a great cup of coffee, or tea, at one of our Church Cafes on a Tuesday and Thursday. We now also have a Hear Here Clinic on the 3rd Thursday of the month. You can see the details for all these in the Events section

Morning Prayer

Occurring
Monthly. Every Third Sunday at for 50 mins
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

Morning Prayer is a non-eucharistic service which can follow a diverse range of formats, from quite formal liturgy to services with themes that engage us in different ways. For example we had a Morning Prayer service on modern slavery. We started to offer Morning Prayer a few years ago and, so far, the format has included hymns, songs and/or sung psalm, using easy-to-follow music.

Monthly

Sunday Worship Resources Online at St Mary's

Occurring
Every Sunday at for 1 hour, 15 mins
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

You can see our pre-recorded service offerings on our website. Feel free to use these any day and any time.
Click here to access worship resources for the services: https://www.holmburychurch.com/sunday-worship-resources

St Mary's Worship Online Resources are available all the time - just click on https://www.holmburychurch.com/sunday-worship-resources

Holmbury Cafe

Occurring
Every Tuesday at for 2 hours, 30 mins
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

An informal Cafe for the community held in the church hall most Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Tuesday 10.30 - 1pm
Thursday 11am - 1pm

Do join us for great company and great coffee and other refreshments. More information on the cafes on the church website or contact us [use the contact page] to check it will be running.

We also do repairs. These include clothes and soft furnishings - both repairs and simple alterations. Plus repairs of mechanical and electrical items. We are happy to look at anything you can easily carry to the cafe - no guarantee but we will try to fix it!

Most weeks on a Tuesday and starting at 11am on Thursdays

Holmbury Cafe, Thursdays

Occurring
Every Thursday at for 2 hours
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

An informal Cafe for the community held in the church hall most Thursdays
Thursday 11am - 1pm
Also on Tuesdays from 10.30 - 1pm

Do join us for great company and great coffee and other refreshments. More information on the cafes on the church website or contact us [use the contact page] to check it will be running.

We also do repairs. These include clothes and soft furnishings - both repairs and simple alterations. Plus repairs of mechanical and electrical items. We are happy to look at anything you can easily carry to the cafe - no guarantee but we will try to fix it!

The cafe is held every week. On the 3rd Thursday we also have the Hear Here clinic at the cafe

Iona Communion service

Occurring
Monthly. Every Fourth Sunday at for 45 mins
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

A service of Holy Communion using the Iona liturgy. We use a combination of traditional and more modern songs.

The Iona style service is usually the 4th Sunday of the month except in August and December when we have the services in different churches around the Benifice

Harvest Celebration for All Ages

Occurring
Sunday 05 October 2025, Sunday 04 October 2026 at for 1 hour
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

An All Age service on October 5th at 10.30am to celebrate God's harvest gifts to us. This will be from 10.30am and will be instead of the Said Communion and Funday we normally have on the first Sunday of the month.

As part of our service of thanks we will collect fresh produce for the Produce table and tins and packets for the Dorking food bank. These can be taken up to the front of the church to the Altar during the service.

The food bank asks for non-perishable foods and a list of what they take is given below. Feel free to bring these to the church any time, during the day, in the week or 2 before the service. You can leave them in the Food Bank box at the back of the church (moved onto the top of the cupboard beside where it used to be) or just put them on the table in the entrance hall.

You can also bring produce and home-made jams and pickles from your, or your friends and neighbours, gardens. Please bring these either on Saturday 4th or to the service. Fresh produce & home-made preserves will go onto the “Produce Table” and anyone at the service or at the lunch can take produce and just give a donation for it. This money, and the church collection that day, will also go to the Dorking Food bank.

Please do join us for the service or come along to the Shared harvest lunch afterwards, from about 12 noon.

Dorking Food bank would like the following items:
Tins or Jars of: meat/fish, veg/potatoes/tomatoes, fruit, rice pudding/custard, pasta sauce,
Plus jars of Jam/spread & small jars of instant coffee
Packets or Cartons of Cereal, Rice, Biscuits, Chocolate/Snack/muesli bars,UHT milk, Long-life fruit juice
Also needed: 4 roll toilet roll pack, Shampoo/shower gel, Toothpaste, Laundry capsules, Washing up liquid

Usually the first Sunday in October but please check the church website for more details.

Harvest Lunch

Occurring
for 2 hours
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

Do join us for the Harvest lunch at 12 noon. If you can, please bring a savoury dish or pudding for 4 people. Don’t worry if you can’t bring anything as we are usually blessed with an abundance of food! Please let us know what you hope to bring so we can aim for a balance of food for the meal. There will be a list at the back of church and in the church room during cafes, or send an email to [email protected] to say how many folk are joining us and if you want to bring anything.

There will be a donation plate for cash and options for card donations for the meal: anything collected will go to the Dorking Food bank.

Holy Communion (sung)

Occurring
Monthly. Every Second Sunday at for 45 mins
Break
Please note that this event will not be taking place on the following dates: 9 Nov 2025
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

Common Worship, with communion, on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Sung responses, with choir and hymns.

Hear Here Clinic

Occurring
Monthly. Every Third Thursday at for 1 hour, 30 mins
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

Hear Here Clinic
There is a Hear Here Clinic on the third Thursday of the month from 11am to 12.30pm in the church room.
We can help with batteries, tubes & maintenance of NHS hearing aids. These are supplied by the NHS and available for those with NHS hearing aids.

This happens at the same time as our Church Cafe so refreshments are available.

No appointments needed.

3rd Thursday of the month

Holy Communion (said)

Occurring
In January, February, March, April, June, July, September, November, December. Every First Sunday at for 35 mins
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

A short, reflective service of Holy Communion on the first Sunday of the month. Starts earlier at 9.30am and the Funday for children and families follows after this

First Sunday of all months except August

Funday

Occurring
In January, February, March, April, June, July, September, November, December. Every First Sunday at for 1 hour
Break
Please note that this event will not be taking place on the following dates: 5 Oct 2025
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

A lively craft-based act of worship for families with dramatised readings that everyone can join in with.
Refreshments at 10.15 then dramatised story with costumes for all, songs and crafts for all ages. Finishes between 11.30am and 12noon.

We will be taking a break in August. In October we will have an all-age Harvest celebration. So please check our website for up to date information https://www.holmburychurch.com/

Remembrance Sunday Service

Occurring
Sunday 09 November 2025, Sunday 08 November 2026 at for 1 hour
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

10.30am on November 9th 2025 we will have our annual Remembrance service
Martha will be leading this service. Please do join us as we remember and honour the members of the armed forces who gave their lives across conflicts through the years, as well as those who survived and the others who continue to support them. We will be including the Act of Remembrance just before 11am.
Please note the different time for the start of the service.

Please check the church website for more details: https://www.holmburychurch.com/

Licensing of Rev’d Canon Roy Woodhams as Associate Rector

Occurring
for 1 hour
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

Licensing of Rev’d Canon Roy Woodhams as Associate Rector at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 19th November (numbers will be limited). Please contact the church at [email protected] if you would like to join the service.
There is limited parking by the church for anyone with a blue badge. Please park around the green or on the church side of the Horsham road if you are able to walk up the hill. Thank you

Benefice Services

Occurring
Sunday 30 November 2025 at for 1 hour
Venue
One of the churches in the Benefice
Address
One of the churches in the Benefice, St James's Church in Abinger Common, or Christ church in Coldharbour, or St Mary's in Holmbury St Mary or St john's in Wotton., United Kingdom

At 10.30am, on every 5th Sunday of the Month and through August we join with the other 3 churches in the benefice.

We travel around the churches in the benefice going to a different church for a service of Holy Communion on each 5th Sunday and all Sundays in August. The 4 churches are in Abinger Common, Coldharbour, Holmbury St Mary and Wotton. Please see the church website, https://www.holmburychurch.com/, for details of where the next Benefice service will be.

The November 30th 2025 Benefice service will be at Holmbury St Mary.

Every 5th Sunday in the month and all Sundays in August.