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St Mary's covers much of the Marshalswick / Jersey Farm area in St Albans, Hertfordshire. (Click for Map)
St Mary's is in vacancy so we do not have a vicar at the moment. It will be several months before a new one will be with us. See Vacancy page for more about what is happening.
IMPORTANT - NEW ZOOM details for Services and Coffee Shop from start of June
Please note that we have new ZOOM login ids for all our church services and meetings. The new login ids for Morning Prayer / Wednesday evening service (same id works for both) and for the Coffee Shop are on the website in the appropriate section.
SERVICES
We hold the Parish Communion Service twice in church at 9.00am and 10.30am. We would love to be able to welcome anyone who wishes to turn up but St Mary's has very much reduced seating capacity in these Covid times so we need to have some idea of numbers for Sunday services. Members of the congregation have been allocated to a service. There are several spaces left for the 9.00am Service but we are almost at full capacity for the 10.30am service.
Please contact a churchwarden if you would like to come at 9.00am or want to check if any space at a 10.30 am Service.
THIS SUNDAY - 13 June 2021 - Second Sunday after Trinity SERVICES FOR THIS WEEK
See below for an unedited video of the 9.00 am service .
The congregational words are not on the screen but here is St Mary's service booklet.
There are sung hymns at the start and end of the service. If you wish to join in, the words can be found here.
See this week's Pewsheet which contains the collect and readings for the service, notices and the parish prayer list.
Watch from the viewer below or Watch on YouTube
For information on what our young did in WitH see if there are photos under Sunday page for that week
(Where available, these will be updated later, usually by Tuesday)
For weekday Services - THIS WEEK or scroll down this page
The ZOOM Wednesday Service at 7.30 pm this week is IONA WORSHIP - led by Pam McElroy
NEW and RECENT ITEMS
Parish Communion SERVICE - A step in getting back to “normal”
Appeal for people to read or lead intercessions
If you would like to read the first/second lessons or lead intercessions at the Parish Communion Service, please have a word with Paul Wiggins (see contacts). We hope to re-introduce involving members of the congregation in this as soon as possible. PS You don’t have to have been on the service rotas before lockdown to volunteer - nor, if you were on the rota before, do you have to!
Churches Together in St Albans Summer Forum - Justice & Prisons
Wednesday 23 June 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm ON ZOOM Further information including login details
For results of our Annual Meeting held 16 May 2021
including PCC Membership 2021-2022 and the Minutes (to be agreed at 2022 Meetings)
Our contacts have been updated Keep in Contact Who's Who
New Book - The Ecumenical Chaplaincy of St Albans Cathedral
written by Pam McElroy, a member of St Mary's congregation
New joint Book Club - St Saviour's and St Mary's - for more information go to Events
Morning Prayer will be held on ZOOM - The words will be on the screen.
The logon details are for all weekday services from St Mary's including the Wednesday evening services
Use this link or put in details Meeting ID: 831 5869 1783 Passcode: MP
Morning Prayer - Monday to Saturday at 9.00am - log on from 8.55am - ZOOM details above
EVENING PRAYER Monday to Friday at 5.30 pm - from St Saviour's
Invitation to St Mary's congregation to join in with St Saviour's Evening Prayer on ZOOM
The text will be shared on screen. The links are on the St Saviour's parish website
St Mary's online Saturday Coffee Shop New logon info below
Use this link or put in details Meeting ID: 860 8940 9731 Passcode: ZCS
The Coffee Shop Meeting has been held every Saturday since April 2021 on ZOOM, starting at 10.30am and going till noon or even12.30pm if people still chatting. People drop in and out or stay the whole time - just as they did at the physical Coffee Shop at St Mary's. It is a good opportunity to to see, hear and chat with others! Many have their coffee with them! Do join in! When there are 10 or more people, we divide into smaller groups for around 15 minutes, then come back for a while and then into groups again - this gives more people more chance to chat!
CALL TO PRAY FOR THE NATION
See Church of England site or here on our website
SERVICES for earlier services - or select SERVICES from Menu at top of the page
APPEAL FOR HELP - St Mary's Church, along with many churches, charities, businesses and people, is struggling financially in this COVID-19 period. We still have nearly all our outgoings but have lost some of our sources of income; for example, we cannot hire out our hall or use it for our own fundraising events. We realise that this is a tough time for many, but if you could make a donation, it would be very much appreciated. Just go to our giving page.
SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR WEBSITE - We would welcome ideas for future content and comments on our website, please email the web-editor. Also, please let us know if you come across anything that is not working properly or is not clear. We would also welcome contributions to our Stay-at-Home News
Stay at Home News We would love to know what you have been doing - please send us something!
Brownies through Lockdown - see what they have been doing
KEEP IN CONTACT How to keep in touch plus news of what members of the congregation are doing.
Appeals - We have been asked to advertise various appeals
Daily Prayer - Morning, Evening and Night Prayer (Compline) and Prayer during the Day - "Church of England Join us in Daily Prayer" - scroll down that page to select the service you want. It has the full text including the readings and psalms for the day. The Daily Offices are also provided by the Church of England, in a handy Smart Phone App, downloadable here. You do not need to buy a subscription.
There is a free phoneline DAILY HOPE from the Church of England set up with those who do not have access to online services during lockdown.
Click for OTHER WAYS TO WORSHIP FOR PRAYERS DAILY HOPE phoneline and FOR CANDLE OF HOPE
St Mary's is an Inclusive Church. Click here for a large version of the poster
St Mary's is a member of Churches Together in Marshalswick (CTM) - click here for their website and of Churches Together in St Albans (CTSA) - click here for their website