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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
This Sunday we will celebrate Mark Uglow’s 40th Anniversary as Director of Music here at St Mary Abbots! Please do join us for a splendid Choral Evensong at 5.30 pm, (the preacher will be Fr Gillean Craig) followed by refreshments kindly donated in memory of Steve Atack. On Friday our team will be sleeping out for Glass Door, despite the arrival of the Autumn weather. They have so far raised just over £10,000, but their giving page is still open, so if you feel able to contribute you can do so HERE. The money is all used to provide shelters and food for the homeless in West London, together with case workers who can offer advice and help. On Monday we see the return of a charity Christmas card shop to the church - many of you have asked since the pandemic whether this might happen again. The card shop is set up in the children’s chapel by the West Doors, so we are temporarily re-locating the children’s chapel to the space in front of the North Door. This will be an interesting experiment on Sunday, in bringing children using the area closer to the altar, so they can better see what is going on and participate with their parents in the worship. Next Thursday 15th October, the bellringers will be attempting to re-create the peal which was first rung fifty years ago when the Guild was re-formed after the Second World War. Three of the ringers took part in that first peal, and we congratulate them and the newer members of the Guild and wish them well in their attempt. Next Saturday 17th October is the pilgrimage to Westminster Abbey – a wonderful thing to experience, with a lovely walk through the parks, followed by a great service in the Abbey, and a visit to the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, not normally open to the public. Please contact Fr Christian if you would like to join – they meet inside the church at 9am. Because the clergy will be on the pilgrimage there will be NO Holy Communion on Saturday 17th at the church. And finally, the 'Reading in Communion' Study on Ephesians really does begin at 7 pm this Monday 12th October this week and runs until 16th November. Apologies for our mistake last week and please contact Fr Evan HERE if you want to attend. God of our Fathers, who of old didst move thy servants in this place to build an house of prayer for the offering of eternal praises to thy glorious majesty; Grant to us, and to all who herein call upon thy holy Name from age to age, that, by the offering of our lives and the praises of our lips, we may ever seek the increase of thy glory and thy kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth one God, the same yesterday, today, and for ever. Amen. With my love and prayers, Mother Emma 8th October 2026 |
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