Please join us for Morning Communion at 10am on Sunday 19th May. Everyone is very welcome to join us as we celebrate Pentecost in our beautifully decorated church, celebrating God’s creation as part of the EcoFair (Please see the notice below about the Eco Fair - we would love for you to join us!). The readings are Acts 2:1-21 and Psalm 104 and there will be a children’s group during the 10am service.

This will be an ‘Open Church’ event offering information and activities related to care for our world. The church will be decorated with a rainbow theme, and we hope to have refreshments, crafts, a woodland trail, and community run stalls.

HELP NEEDED! We still need crafters to help with making flowers in all the colours of the rainbow, all shapes and sizes, plus stars in yellow and white for the eco weekend click here for knitting patterns. Please also let us know if you are able to donate flowers from your garden!

There will be some community run stalls with an Eco theme – if you know anyone who might like to have a stall, please email admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk Finally, we need some volunteers to help run the refreshments throughout the day. If you are available and would like to help serve on the rota for 1, 2 or all 6 hours!! please contact admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk.

Everyone is invited to join us for fun-filled activities for all the family at our 'Eco-Fair'. Activities will include Eco-Stalls, a Woodland Trail and Indoor crafts (suitable for children and adults). The church itself will be beautifully decorated with a rainbow theme, and refreshments will be served.

All ages are welcome and it is guaranteed to be an enjoyable day! Please spread the word and think who you can invite to come along.

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help - we really appreciate it. We hope to see you there!

We are looking for someone with a passion for organisation, who could support the vicar and church wardens in effecting the smooth running of St Mary's and pursuing our vision to grow in depth of faith, follow Jesus in offering loving service and in helping others come to know God for themselves. We hope to find someone who will share that vision and work with the assistant administrator and other volunteers to continue to develop our ways of working to be effective and in compliance with external requirements. 15 hours per week, £15 per hour. Please share with anybody you know who may be interested in applying for the role. Find out more here: https://www.stmaryincharnwood.org.uk/recruiting

Our next meeting at St Mary’s on the 13th of May is a talk by Dr David Jewson, a retired GP, “Medicine and Artificial Intelligence.” We start with coffee at 10:15am. All ladies and gentlemen are welcome to this and any of our monthly meetings.

The first Sunday Supper social this year! The evening congregation is invited to join us after church on Sunday the 12th of May at the Priory after the Sunday evening service. Please let us know if you would like to attend by Thursday, 9th May, so that we can confirm numbers with the Priory admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk

The next St Mary’s Ladies Meeting, for coffee and chat, will take place on Tuesday, 7th May at 10.30am. We will be continuing our support of the Food Bank, where any of the usual items are gratefully received. If you would like details of the venue for this month’s meeting, please email admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk

The Choir have been invited to perform on Sunday the 19th of May at 6pm in the WWCF service. Everyone is welcome, whether you have sung with the choir before, or not! There will be two rehearsals (this one is the second) after the Sunday morning service. If you’d like to be part of this, please email admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk

Please join us for our All-Together Agape service at 10am and/or Evensong at 6pm this Sunday 5th May. The readings this week are Acts 10:44-48 and John 15:9-17 and we will be thinking about what it means to be 'fruitful' and ready to share God’s love and how to welcome people different to ourselves.

The Choir have been invited to perform on Sunday the 19th of May at 6pm in the WWCF service.
Everyone is welcome, whether you have sung with the choir before, or not! There will be two
rehearsals; this one on the 28th April and the second on the 5th May, both after the Sunday morning
service. If you’d like to be part of this, please email admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk.