St Mary's Church, Great Bentley
A warm welcome to you
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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Please come along to support our annual Christmas Tree Festival, this year, the theme for our Christmas Tree Quiz will be ‘TV Programmes’. Everyone is warmly welcomed to join us. Refreshments & stalls to include christmas produce, tombola & raffle….
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We will be making Christmas Wreaths to sell at St Mary’s Christmas Tree Festival.They will be on mossed wire rings as usual.If you would like to pre-order one please contact; Mary Maskell marymaskell@sys3internet.net 01206 250524 OR Jackie Kilby jackie@kilby-rawcliffe.co.uk 01206 250717…
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This Saturday 5th November is our annual churchyard clear up. The Autumn leaves have started to build up so we are meeting from 9.30 am to tidy the church grounds. All helpers would be hugely appreciated, please bring along any…
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This year we are supporting the Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Shoebox Appeal. This aims to provide a Christmas gift to children who would otherwise not be receiving a present. Shoe boxes can include toys, sports equipment & games, school supplies, hygiene…
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Thank you to everyone who donated items for our Harvest Festival – we are sending these to our local food bank for distribution so they are greatly appreciated. Thanks also to everyone who created the beautiful harvest displays around the…
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Many thanks to everyone who came along to support our Flower & Art Festival this year. We were very impressed by all of our talented artists & flower arrangers – thank you for your time & effort in creating these…
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The Church of England has provided a prayer following the sad news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen, as we join together in remembrance: Gracious God, we give thanksfor the life of your servant Queen Elizabeth,for her faith…
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We hope everyone enjoyed their day out at the Great Bentley show this year? It was great to be back and support our village. Thanks to everyone who ran the St. Mary’s stall, and everyone who popped by to visit!
Come along to our free Bat & Moth evening, next Friday 9th September, from 7pm at the Church Hall. Thanks to the support of the Essex Wildlife Trust, we will have moth traps set up, and bat detectors in use…
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