St Mary's Church, Great Bentley
A warm welcome to you
In addition to normal Sunday Service ringing and scheduled Monday and alternate Wednesday practices, St Mary’s Church Bells will be rung to celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on the 5th May at 10.00, Saturday 6th at…
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Thank you to everyone who took part in our Easter celebrations – we hope you had a peaceful & joyful Easter weekend. Special thanks to all those who decorated the church for Easter day – the spring flowers are looking…
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A huge thank you to everyone who attended the Coffee Morning at the village hall to support the relief work in Syria & Turkey following the recent earthquake So far, the total raised stands at £1864 – thank you everyone…
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Our May Fayre will be taking place on Saturday 13th May. If you’d like to have a go at bell ringing, we will have a ‘mini-ringer’ available to try – please follow the link below for a demo:
Please join us in supporting the Coffee Morning in the Village Hall on Saturday 25th February. All funds raised will be donated to Clacton Rotary club to buy Shelter Boxes for those affected by the impact of the earthquake in…
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Please see below our list of forthcoming events & special services. This list will be updated as & when events are scheduled, so please keep checking back! For our schedule of Sunday services, please see the ‘Services’ page Ash Wednesday…
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We hope everyone enjoyed the Living Christmas concert on Saturday evening – thank you to the Deanery Choir & Peter Clayton for putting on such a wonderful evening
Thank you so much to everyone who came to support our Christmas Tree festival, it was a really festive weekend & all of our decorated trees looked brilliant. A total of £3305 was raised which is a fantastic amount, thank…
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Outside of the porch at St Mary’s Church will be our Christmas memory tree. Everyone is invited to write a message for a loved one they see no longer, and hang this on our memory tree. The tree will be…
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A highly unusual forthcoming Carol service.Called ‘A Living Christmas’ it is unique because all the Christmas music to be sung by The Deanery Choir is the work of livingcomposers.Choir organiser, Graham Bell, has planned this event for some time, and…
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