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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
Heartfelt thanks to all those who have offered help or donations for the Summer Garden Party, which will be taking place this coming Saturday in the Vicarage Garden from 11.30 am to 2 pm. With falconry stand, live music, Action Amanda, home made cakes, burgers, strawberries & cream, ice cream and lots of children's games and activities, please do come along to share in the excitement and the warm sense of community which this event always offers. It is wonderful to be able to gather our church family together – and please invite family, friends and neighbours to come with you. We look very much forward to seeing you there. This Sunday (14th), we are beginning a project to research which hymns are best known to the congregation, and we shall be distributing a survey at Choral Matins. We would love to hear from you what your favourite hymns are, and we will be repeating the exercise at our other Sunday services in the weeks ahead. St Augustine of Hippo is believed to have written that “He who sings prays twice”, and we would love to encourage our musical praise of God through familiar congregational hymns as well as through the wonderful input from our professional choir. If you are on the Electoral Roll you will have received from Petter a survey about what first encouraged you to attend St Mary Abbots. If you have not yet done it please could I ask you to take just a couple of minutes to do so? It is proving very helpful so far in our planning and prioritising. All the information we gather will go into the discussions about our next parish Mission Action Plan, due to begin this year. You can find it online HERE. On Monday, Fr Christian will be licensed to the parish by the Archdeacon as our new Associate Vicar, and we plan for him to attend all services next week, so you will gradually get to meet him! Do please be there for the coffee (or perhaps something more exciting) at 10.30 between our main services on Sunday 21st, as we raise a glass to welcome him and his family to the parish. Lastly a reminder of our two lunchtime concerts during the last week of June. On Wednesday 24th June we will be joined by 22 children from the Cantabile Youth Singers, Silicon Valley and the following day, Thursday 25th June the 35 adults from Lexington Singers, Kentucky. Both concerts are free and start at 1pm. Programme details to follow on the ‘what is on web page’ but please come and welcome them to the church. Collection for Glass Door at the end. God our Father, you give us gifts that we may work together in the service of your Son. Bless those who work in your world today, that in the complexity of their daily lives they may live for you, fulfil your purposes, and seek your kingdom first. Amen With my love and prayers Mother Emma 10th June 2026 |
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