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Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer

This is at 9.00am every morning from Monday to Friday. It is a said service which includes bible readings and prayers and lasts about half an hour. Everyone is warmly welcome to join us.

Mid-week Holy Communion

Mid-week Holy Communion

This is held on a Thursday morning at 11.00am and lasts about 40 minutes. It is a said service which is held in our Lady Chapel except for the first Thursday of each month when it is held in our Memorial Chapel. The first Thursday of each month we use the Book of Common Prayer Service and the other weeks we use Common Worship. All welcome and welcome too to stay for coffee afterwards and a chat.

Sundays at St Mary's starts with Kids' Klub

Kids' Klub

8.30am - 9.30am every Sunday morning. Breakfast and a short service for children and families. Lots of different foods for breakfast followed at 9.00am by the service which includes a video on our big screen! A really relaxed and enjoyable time for everyone - this was everyone enjoying the video.

10.00am Service except for the last Sunday of the month

Holy Communion

This is our main service. Services except for the last Sunday of each month are Holy Communion services, the actual format varying with the seasons. These are sung services with hymns accompanied by our organ. We have a creche for children during these services and 'Video Zone' for children aged 4 to 11 years of age. Services are followed by coffee and an opportunity to meet people.

Family Service - 10.00am last Sunday of the month

The Family Service - usually with Baptism

On the last Sunday of each month we have a Family Service. Usually these services contain Baptisms (If you would like further details of baptism do look on the website or contact the Vicar 9855450). Sometimes they also include the Parade of our Uniformed Organisations. These services include music by our Worship Group and are more informal.They also include a video clip and a short talk. Services are followed by coffee and time to meet and chat to people. The photo is of our Prince Caspian Service -one of our Family Services
Talks at our Family Services this year are on 'Ordinary Heroes'

Holy Communion - Cotswold Community Association Building

Service here on the 3rd Sunday of the month

4.45pm - Short service of Holy Communion at the Cotswold Building which is in Dursley Road Shirehampton. This is a service with hymns and a very short talk. Our talks this year are on Parables. Come along and find out more about some of our well known and loved parables.
The service is followed by tea and cakes.

Holy Communion with Prayer for Healing

Service on the last Sunday of the month

6.00pm - A quiet, reflective service of Holy Communion with Informal Worship and during the service an opportunity to ask for prayer either for yourself or for someone else. The music is led by our worship group, with well known hymns and choruses. There is a short talk during the service and the theme this year is The Sermon on the Mount - Living the Christian life

Signed Services

For those in the Deaf community

Rev Gill Behenna, Chaplain to the Deaf Community, signs our 10.00am service on the first Sunday of each month. This is a service of Holy Communion. We warmly welcome anyone from the Deaf community or anyone who finds a signed service helpful to come along to this service.