A morning of varied on-line live and recorded events for all ages on the theme of caring for nature and the environment has been organised for 26 September and will be shown on the Events section of St Mary’s Facebook page. Everything is on-line because, sadly, we aren’t able to meet in church as usual this year. You can see the on-line programme here. There are three competitions all with a deadline for entries of 23.59 on 20 September. For details about how to enter the photo, poetry and creative creatures competitions, see here. The winners of the poetry competition will be announced at 12 noon on the day. The winners of the photo competition and the Creative Creatures competition will be announced around 12.10…
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Patrick Miller
UPDATE: The funeral of our friend and priest Patrick Miller will be this Thursday, 10 September, at 11.30am. Because of limits on numbers, only family and a few close friends can attend in person. Everyone else is encouraged to attend the funeral online, as we plan a basic livestream on Facebook in the same way as we do for our Sunday services. You don’t need to be a Facebook user. Go to this address online: www.facebook.com/stmarysewell/live We suggest you log on from 11.20am, there will be music playing before the funeral starts. We also hope to record the service so if there are any problems with the livestream we would…
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Jonah and the Whale Craft
Template for the Jonah and the Whale craft from our Toddle Up service.
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Ewell Village Fair 2020
Ewell Village Fair Video If you are able to support St Mary’s, your donation would be gratefully received. Click here to give via Virgin Giving. Or you can give by text. Text EWELL 3 to 70085 to donate £3. Texts cost your donation plus one standard rate message. Change the 3 to the amount you’d like to give, up to EWELL 20 to give £20.
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Fish Template for All-In
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Updated privacy policies
Our data privacy policies have been updated to reflect the increased variety of online activities carried out by the church during the present Pandemic. The updated polices can be read here.
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The festival of the birth of John the Baptist
The festival of the birth of John the Baptist is 24 June Very few people are mentioned in the Bible before they are born – John the Baptist is one of them. Today is the festival of his birth and one thing we remember is that before he was born, John leapt in the womb of his mother Elizabeth on the joyful encounter between her and the Blessed Virgin Mary when the cousins were both pregnant – Mary with Jesus. Luke tells us that ‘the child grew and became strong in spirit.’ (Luke 1.80) All four gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John include the words from the prophet Isaiah about the messenger who will be…
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A message from Bishop Jo from the Diocese of Guildford
All lives matter. Of course they do, most obviously because our Creator God has intended, invested and takes interest in each and every one of us. But just at the moment it is vital that we acknowledge how Black Lives Matter – in our words, deeds and imagining. This is not knee-jerk, even though awareness is provoked by recent events that are unequivocally (even or especially if unconsciously) racist. The problem is not confined to particular incidents: if it were it would be much easier to address. The problems are deep-seated: buried in egregious problems of history which continue to shape attitudes in the present and the future. That’s why…
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Beating the Bounds 2020
Sadly we are unable to do the ancient tradition of Beating the Bounds this year, but if you would like to do the walk then you can find the map and a fun quiz below. Beating the Bounds Map Beating the Bounds Family Fun Quiz
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Prayer Journal for the days before Pentecost
As part of the Archbishops’ “Thy Kingdom Come” initiative, you may like to download this prayer journal to use.
