St Mary The Virgin Horsell

Welcome to st Mary's church, horsell

As of the 1st September, we are adopting updated covid precautions, a slight update to the previous precautions.

This week at St Mary's...

and in the wider church...

Sunday 12th September: 8am: Holy Communion 10am: Parish Communion - order of service. Contact the office to book a place in church. We will be streaming as well - head to our YouTube channel, if you join before the stream starts at 9:55 then you will need to click on the live stream event. 10am: JaM restarts 6:30pm: Contemplative meditation Tuesday 14th September: 9:30-11:30am: Baby and toddler group in the St Andrews Room 4pm Prayer time from your own home Wednesday 15th September: 11am-4pm: Church open for private prayer Thursday 16th September: 9:30-11am: Twinkle Tots baby and toddler group in St Andrews Room Friday 17th September: 9am-12pm: Pop-in coffee Saturday 18th September: 10am-5pm: Church open for Heritage Weekend and Flower Festival, including: 10am: Church stones talk 2:30pm: Organ recital Sunday 19th September 10am: Parish Communion and JaM. Contact the office to book a place in church. No streaming this week, offered fortnightly. Coming soon: 28th September 7-8:30pm: Alpha course starts

Sunday 12th September: From 9am: this week's online service is led by Rev Canon Giles Goddard, vicar of St John’s Waterloo, London. The service focuses on the climate emergency. Join the service to pray for those impacted by global warming and other extreme weather events. Through the week Roots at Home - Mark 8:27-38 - Package Deal and an acitivty sheet Together@Home - Speak Kindly - activities based on James 3:1-12, and colouring sheet We are restarting home groups in September. Find out more about the groups that will be running and how to join in.

Read this week's notices

Harvest Gifts for York Road: Our Harvest service will be on 3rd October, and we will be collecting gifts for the York Road Project from the 19th onwards. They really do appreciate these donations. Please see the list of what they need and don't need.

Big Questions: if you've not explored Christianity and its's answers to the Big Questions in life before, archbishop Justin Welby is speaking at Woking Football club on Sunday 26th at 3:30pm (and a variety of other venues locally across the weekend). This is a unique opportunity to put questions to the Archbishop and hear him speak on how to find security and hope in uncertain times. Details and booking.

Resources for every day:

• Catch up on some previous services at St Mary's, JaM@Home activities and sermon recordings
  
• Coronavirus liturgy and prayer resources, including for children
• Services of Daily Prayer to read
  
• Diddy Disciples - worship and storytelling resources for babies, toddlers and young children
• Use A Church Near You to find churches live streaming services
• Daily Hope phone line - 0800 804 8044 - a free phone line of hymns, reflections and prayers

If you need any assistance during the pandemic, or want to volunteer to help:

• For health advice, see the NHS 111 site
• Horsell Prepared may be able to help those who are clinically vulnerable or are self isolating. You can contact them via 01483 380025 or horsellprepared@gmail.com, or register as a volunteer online
• Surrey County Council have a helpline to direct you to services that can help

Registered Charity Number: 1128175

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." _{Romans 15:13, St Mary's Verse of the Year 2021}

• St Mary the Virgin
• Church hill
• Horsell
• Surrey
• GU21 4QQ

01483 772134
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