A Bug’s Life (Holiday Club 2024)

From 28th – 30th August, we hosted our annual St Mary’s Holiday Club! This is a summer holiday club for children who are in primary school, which takes place over three days. The aim of Holiday Club is: To teach children the good news of Jesus Christ To invite non-church families to the club and … Read more …

4pm Picnic

The 4pm picnic has now become an annual event. Fortunately, this year we had dry weather but there was an autumnal feel to the air. Some people remained in summer attire while others wore warm coats and thick jumpers. Some sat on mats or rugs while others had more comfortable chairs. The group started small … Read more …

Introducing … Phil Richards

We have been coming to St Mary’s since 1984; we had recently moved from Reading to Maidenhead and were looking for a new church. We had tried a few and then when leaving the St Mary’s 10.30 morning service I recognised someone from my distant past, Brian Jones, who had been my Crusader leader when … Read more …

Introducing … Johan Schoeman

A New Chapter: Joining St Mary’s as Youth Minister in Training It is a great honour and privilege to join the St Mary’s staff team as Youth Minister in training. As another South African on the team, I bring with me a deep love of sports, the outdoors, and, of course, a good braai (BBQ). … Read more …

Introducing The Alliance

Jon Drake writes about ‘The Alliance’, a new partnership within the Church of England of those committed to Biblical truth.

Mission Partner Update

It was great to be able to have Harrison Mungai from iServe Africa joining live with us via Zoom for the July prayer evening. He brought us up to date with the unsettled situation in Kenya regarding young people rebelling against government policies, and how iServe has been active in ensuring the safety of all … Read more …

How the arts build bridges to our world

I was rather excited to book for Mark Meynell’s talk on the arts and faith this year – I missed last year’s talk, which I regretted as I practice art, and although my work doesn’t necessarily illustrate my faith or the gospel, my relationship with God informs my creativity and expression. I was curious to … Read more …

Toxic Masculinity

The expression “Toxic Masculinity” might have gone under your radar, it might be an expression you have heard but you don’t really know what is meant by it, it might be something you are aware of and are very concerned about or it might be that you are a woman or a man and have … Read more …

Introducing …. Jonny Hayward

Hi, I’m Jonny, and I’m excited to be joining the staff team at St Mary’s this summer. I’m a violinist and composer, and I’ll be heading up the Music Ministry at St Mary’s as well as trying to make it as a freelancer. I grew up near Tunbridge Wells, went to university in Oxford and … Read more …

United Church Sunday

This was the third United Church Sunday I had been to, and as soon as I heard it announced I put it in the diary. Despite the rain, it was a really good day of coming together – only two services with the picnic lunch in between. I spent most of the day at church, … Read more …