Hello and thank you for appointing me as church warden for St Mary’s. It’s very humbling to know I have a formal role to play in serving us as a church, as we seek to serve Jesus our Saviour. We have two church wardens and I’ll be serving alongside Lindsay Reisser-Weston. Thanks to Anthony Kan, our previous church warden, who helped … Read more …
Our imminent relocation to Australia comes almost 21 years after I arrived as the first curate at St Mary’s for a number of years, and just one year into Will Stileman becoming vicar. The move that Debbie and I made to Singapore towards the end of 2008, as Crosslinks Mission Partners, was less tumultuous than … Read more …
Linking the greatest abstract art with the atmosphere and acoustics in St Mary’s church with a musical accompaniment to the Easter story played by the Emunah Ensemble’s wonderful musicians means you know the evening is going to be special. And we were not disappointed! I hope I am right about the meaning of the name … Read more …
The April St Mary’s Evening provided an opportunity for us to hear an update from Steven and Jo Wheatley, partners in mission with St Mary’s and living in a Nanjoka, a community near to Lake Malawi in Malawi. We had hoped to have a live interview, but unfortunately this was not possible on the night … Read more …
Vicar’s Address Annual Parochial Church Meeting – 1st May 2025 It was a joy to have so many church family members at our St Mary’s Thanksgiving Celebration and Annual Church Meeting on the 1st May. For those not able to be there, here is the address I gave as part of the evening. Jon Drake … Read more …
Many of you will remember the article Adam wrote encouraging us to write to our MP about the Assisted Dying Bill. Sadly, the bill moved to the next stage, with 330 MPs voting in favour, 275 against and 42 abstaining. Many voted for it on the basis that their concerns would be addressed before the … Read more …
Shalom! That was the greeting we were met with as we began an enlightening evening learning about Christ in the Passover with a visiting speaker from Jews for Jesus, Julia Pascoe. It took place on Maundy Thursday, the day in the church’s calendar when we remember the last supper that Jesus shared with his disciples … Read more …
See photos from this year’s St Mary’s Easter Sunday Sunrise service on Pinkney’s Green. Richard Crane preached, followed by bacon butties and hot drinks.
In the run up to Easter, members of the St Mary’s church family performed the Mark Drama – acting out every incident and speaking nearly every word of Jesus as recorded in Mark’s Gospel. The performance in the round involved no props, no costumes, no professionals: just the gospel. After the performance Adam Curtis suggested … Read more …
For the first St Mary’s garden work party of the year we were extremely fortunate with the weather and consequently had a great turn out of around 20 people. We focused on a general tidy up of the garden, removing some of the established weeds, clearing the flower beds and collecting all the rubbish that … Read more …
