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

Holmbury Cafe

Occurring
Every Tuesday and 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 Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Tuesday 10.30 - 12.30pm
Thursday 10.30am - 12.30pm

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 now starting at 10.30am on both Tuesdays & Thursdays finishing at 12.30pm

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

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

Iona Communion service

Occurring
Monthly. Every Fourth Sunday at for 45 mins
Break
Please note that this event will not be taking place on the following dates: 28 Dec 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 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

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 & October 5th when we have an all age harvest service

Funday

Occurring
In January, February, March, April, June, July, September, November, December. Every First Sunday 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

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, Sunday 28 December 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, through August plus the Sunday after Christmas we join with the other 3 churches in the benefice.

We will have a chance to meet the new Associate Rector after the November 30th service in Holmbury - Rev Canon Roy Woodhams.

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. December 28th is at St James's Church Abinger

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

Meet & Greet

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

Join us after the service on November 30th in Holmbury Church. Sunday 30th is a benefice service so all the churches will be together at Holmbury.
Villagers & the congregations of the churches are invited to join us after the service, at about 11am, to meet the new Associate Rector Reverend Canon Roy Woodhams. Rev Roy will start working in the parish after his installation on Wednesday November 19th. Light refreshments will be provided.

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.