Category: Events
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✨ All Age Service — Sunday 14th June ✨
Join us at the new time of 10:30am for a morning the whole family can enjoy together! 🙌 This month we’re exploring how the right words mean little without the right actions — a message for everyone, young and old. There’ll be: 🎨 Crafts 🎲 Games 🎵 Songs 🙏 Prayer Whether you come every week or you’ve never been…
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🎶 ‘Refresh’ – An Evening of Music
📍 St Mary’s Church📅 14 June⏰ 5:00 pm Join us for a joyful evening of music as ‘Refresh’ comes to St Mary’s Church on 14 June at 5pm. We are delighted to welcome the wonderful Taunton Minster Choristers and Treblemakers, singing alongside the 5 Parish Choir. Together they will lead a beautiful programme of choral…
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🤝 Faith in Action at St Mary’s
Faith isn’t just for Sundays. It’s lived out in shared meals, gentle conversations, hot cups of tea, and the quiet kindness of showing up for one another. Come and enjoy these events at St Mary’s: 🍽 Friday Diner — a warm welcome and a hot meal, open to all ☕ St Mary’s Café — homemade…
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📚☕ Bookworms Takeover at St Mary’s Café! ☕📚
Calling all book lovers — this one’s for you! 💛 📅 Saturday 13 June ⏰ 10:30am – 12:30pm 📍 St Mary’s Café, Bideford Our wonderful Bookworms are hosting the café this month — bringing with them a treasure trove of books for sale alongside all our usual: 🍰 Homemade cakes ☕ Fresh tea & coffee…
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🐦 Help us bring the swifts home to St Mary’s 🐦
Every summer, swifts return to our skies — screaming joyfully overhead and nesting in the towers of our oldest buildings. But UK swift numbers have fallen by over 60% in 30 years. They’re running out of places to call home. We want to change that, right here at St Mary’s. With the PCC’s blessing, we’re…
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🔔 Could You Be Our Next Bell Ringer? 🔔
The sound of church bells has called people to worship for centuries — and we’re looking for new ringers to help keep that tradition alive at our church. No experience needed! Full training is given, and you’ll join a friendly team who’ll show you the ropes (quite literally). It’s a wonderful way to learn a…
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✨ One link. All our church online. ✨
We’ve brought everything together in one place to make it easier for you to stay connected with what’s happening in our church family. Through our Linktree, you can: 📱 Join our WhatsApp community 📸 Follow us on Instagram 👍 Like our Facebook page 🌐 Visit our website Whether you’re catching up on the latest news,…
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🌿 St Mary’s Charity Shop – Online
Did you know you can support St Mary’s Church simply by shopping online? We sell donated items through Vinted and eBay, turning pre-loved treasures into support for our community. Every purchase helps fund community initiatives, outreach, and church activities. Take a look and see what you might discover. Vintedhttps://www.vinted.co.uk/member/3130646176 eBayhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/ma878452 Thank you for helping turn…
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🌿 Reflections – A Gentle Space for Those Who Are Grieving 🌿
Losing someone we love can leave a space in our lives that feels very quiet and sometimes overwhelming. Grief is different for everyone. For some it brings sadness, for others questions, memories, or simply the feeling of missing someone deeply. At times it can help to talk, and at other times it can help simply…
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🍽️✨ Friday Diner – Everyone Welcome ✨🍽️Every Friday | 11:15am–1:00pm📍 St Mary’s Church, Bideford
Looking for a warm, friendly place to enjoy a meal and good company? Our Friday Diner is open every week — a relaxed community lunch with a welcoming atmosphere, friendly faces, and time to sit, chat, and feel part of something. Whether you come on your own or with a friend, you’ll be met with…
