St Mary's Church, Great Bentley
A warm welcome to you
We had great fun at our Children’s Easter workshop on Good Friday! Everyone loved all of the Easter crafts and we have a beautiful Easter garden in the Church decorated by the children. Thank you to everyone involved for all…
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The countdown is on to our May Fair! Come along and have a go at archery, plus lots of stalls for all of the family, to include a raffle & tombola, plant stall, cakes & home produce and children’s crafts….
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We will be meeting on the second Wednesday of the month from April to August at St Mary’s Church hall from 7-8.30pm. This is a get together lead by a different speaker each month with reflection and discussion. Refreshments from 6.45pm, everyone…
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Maria Vaughan, an award winning florist is going to demonstrate for us using bunches of flowers from the supermarket and easily accessed greenery. Hopefully we will then return home and replicate these ideas for Easter. (Note the optimism here!) Should…
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In addition to our Sunday services, we will be holding a number of additional events & services as part of the preparation for & celebration of Easter. Everyone is warmly invited!
We are proposing a day out at Pleshey House of Retreat, on 27th June & are asking if anyone would be interested. The house & grounds offer a chance to step away from the toil of everyday life to just…
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We hope you enjoyed our Christmas Tree Festival! Thank you so much to everyone who came along to support us over the weekend. We really appreciate all of the effort that went into decorating the Christmas trees, so thank you…
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The countdown is on for our Christmas Tree Festival! This year, the theme for our trees will be ‘Christmas Traditions’ – try and guess which tradition each tree represents in our Christmas Tree Quiz. We’re also looking forward to the…
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Do you enjoy using the footpath through the churchyard, maybe resting on one of the seats and enjoying the peacefulness this space offers you or looking at the hedgerows or flowers which grow in season to brighten the area? If…
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We hope you all enjoyed attending our Harvest Festival this year! Thank you very much for all of the donations for our local foodbank, it’s greatly appreciated. We’d also like to thank all of our local allotment holders for donating…
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