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St Mary Abbots Church regards the safe care and protection of children and vulnerable adults as of the utmost importance. Our Safeguarding office is Rona and can be reached by email
[email protected] or please contact the Diocesan helpline: 02079321224. |
The church is open daily
from 8.30am - 6pm and on Saturday 10am - 6pm
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Dear all
We are so grateful to the eighty-one members of our congregations who attended the Annual Parochial Church Meeting last Sunday, to hear about our activities over the past year, the way our finances work and our planned building project. If you were not able to be there, but would like copies of the slides from the presentations, please contact Petter HERE. We were delighted to welcome four new elected members onto the PCC. We said a heartfelt thank you to our outgoing Warden Ed Warrick and congratulate Hilary Crowe on her election as our new Warden. This coming Sunday is the Feast of Pentecost, and we shall be beginning our Parish Eucharist with a procession along Kensington High Street. We will begin in church as usual at 9.30 am. At Choral Matins, Fr Peter Galloway will be preaching. Please remember that the following week, Trinity Sunday (31st May), will include a Choral Evensong at 5.30 pm, marking the Eve of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth, with some wonderful music planned. This week we completed our current course of Confirmation preparation, before Bishop Emma’s visit on Wednesday 4th June at 6.30 pm, when she will be confirming seven children and 8 adults from St Mary Abbots, alongside candidates from St Philip’s, Earls Court Road, St Luke’s and Christ Church, Chelsea and St Barnabas, Kensington. Please keep all the candidates in your prayers as they prepare to take this next step on their journeys. Everyone is very welcome to attend the service, to greet our Bishop (currently also serving as Acting Bishop of London), and to celebrate as members of the church profess their Christian faith anew. Our Summer Garden Party is fast approaching, starting at 11.30 on 13th June in the Vicarage Garden. We are delighted to let you know that we have booked a Falconry stand showcasing several birds of prey, with the opportunity to learn about their habitats, characteristics and, we hope, a chance for some of you to handle them. There will also be live music from the Royal College of Music Jazz band and Action Amanda has donated some of her time in order to entertain the younger children. There will be the usual Burger stand, homemade cake stall (if you can donate a cake please let Leonora know), Pimms bar, and fair games and activities for the children including a bouncy castle. More information will follow as we will need your help and participation to make this a success, but please keep the date in your diaries and come and enjoy the garden. Other events to note is a free lunchtime concert by Students of University of Wyoming Collegiate Chorale on 26th May at 1pm, and a talk for Pride Month on 10th June at 6.30 pm by Rev’d Dr Christina Beardsley. More information can be found on the ‘What is on’ page of the website. Faithful God, who fulfilled the promise of Easter by sending us your Holy Spirit and opening to every race and nation the way of life eternal: open our lips by your Spirit, that every tongue may tell of your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. [Post Communion Prayer for Pentecost] With my love and prayers, Mother Emma 20th May 2026 |
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The PCC of St Mary Abbots Church
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