At times, this world can feel very dark. We can wonder if we’ll ever see anyone come to Christ. But the light continues to shine in the darkness. I would love to encourage you about something God is doing in West London. My name is Dave Seckington and I am married to Anna, daughter of … Read more …
On Saturday 18th January we held a workshop on Men and Women Flourishing in Ministry at St Mary’s. It was very well attended with around one hundred of us there. We spent time studying Bible passages on what it means to be men and women created in God’s image, on how we serve Jesus together … Read more …
Juan Carlos and Penny Marces, our Church Missionary Society (CMS) mission partners based in Lima, Peru joined us via Zoom for our March St Mary’s Evening. Currently, they are each in charge of a local church, San Juan Evangelista and Jesus el Nazareno respectively, both in a developing area in the south of Lima. They … Read more …
Dear St Mary’s friends, Thanks very much for your prayers. In September I started as the vicar of Holy Trinity, which we refer to as Trinity Church Henley. This has involved the structural, financial and ministry integration of Trinity at Four, the congregation we planted here in Henley six years ago, into the main church. … Read more …
Over the last few days I have been at L’Abri, a Christian retreat centre / learning community down on the Hampshire / Sussex border. This is the fourth time I’ve been there; each time going for around a week. I find L’Abri to be a place of spiritual renew and encouragement, and I wanted to … Read more …
We were so grateful to our mission partner Glen Scrivener for joining us via videolink at our monthly St Mary’s Evening on 13th February. It is so encouraging for our mission partners, and for us, to share and pray together. Glen is CEO and Evangelism Director for Speak Life. Speak Life exists to share the … Read more …
Did you know that 28% of the Windsor and Maidenhead population are signed-up members of a sports club? (Probably if that survey had been done in the first week of January the number would have been higher.) What does it mean to be a signed-up member? Maybe it encourages you in your commitment to the … Read more …
We’re really grateful for another year of prayer partnership with St Mary’s. Though in many ways the past 12 months have felt fairly ordinary, as always there is so much to give thanks for to our extraordinary God. We have celebrated five baptisms, including three infants who will have the great privilege of growing up … Read more …
At St Mary’s we are committed to protecting church family personal data and we regularly review our processes which includes looking at how we share church family members’ contact details. We currently allow church family members to decide whether to share some or all their contact details with other church family members, this includes email, … Read more …
Last Tuesday evening, a number of us ‘bluffing our way through parenthood’ braved the cold and made our way to church to listen to “Faith in Kids” founder Ed Drew impart some of his wisdom on ‘Raising Confident Kids in a Confusing World’. “Faith in Kids” is an organisation whose sole aim is to help … Read more …
