Concert for Peace on Saturday 2 July
Members of St Mary’s Church Choir and other local churches will be taking part in…
Vestry Teas Are Back
VESTRY TEAS ARE BACK!
ST MARY’S CHURCH IS CELEBRATING THE PLATINUM JUBILEE
SEVEN ROYAL VESTRY TEAS FOR 70 YEARS
5 June ● 12 June ● 26 June
3 July ● 10 July ● 17 July
11 September
ALWAYS 3.00 — 5.00 PM
Home-made cakes and refreshments
Some will be hosted by local charities.
All ages are welcome.
Child friendly activities will be available.
St Mary’s Church, Village Road, Denham, UB9 5BH
A Fathers Day Gift Is Coming
For this Sunday’s 10.30am service at St Mary’s Church, we have prepared a little gift for all fathers, grandfathers and godfathers.
Here is a little detail – can anyone recognise what it is?
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
Sunday 26 June: Friendship
Sunday 3 July: Parents
Sunday 10 July: Marriage
Sunday 17 July: Singleness
Sunday 24 July: Grandparents, Godparents, Mentors
Sunday 31 July: The Greatest Love
Catch up on all parts of this new series on our YouTube channel…
From Christoph: Celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with us!
Dear friends,
What a wonderful start to the Platinum Jubilee today and the weather is certainly playing its part!
At St Mary’s Church we are getting ready for our “Alternative Beacon Bonanza” evening later today. The concert is now fully booked and we sadly can’t offer any tickets at the door.
Let there be light: Tonight from 9.30pm
However: You are invited to join us outside St Mary’s from 9.30pm tonight as we get ready to count down to the lighting of St Mary’s as an “Alternative Beacon”. The lights will be switched on at 9.45pm and we will sing the Song for the Commonwealth and the National Anthem. Our bells will be rung. It will be a wonderful way to mark the end of the first day of this Platinum Jubilee.
St Mary’s Church open Friday and Saturday
Our church is beautifully decorated with flowers and crowns decorated by various community groups in Denham. Do pop in on Friday or Saturday – the church will be open roughly from 10am to 6pm on both days. Printed Church guides will be available to explore St Mary’s Church.
Sunday: Celebration Service
Our all-age service on Sunday (10.30am) will be full of joy and celebration and suitable for all ages. It will include a family quiz and the winner will receive the delightful children’s book “The Queen who chose to serve”. The service will be live-streamed on Youtube in the usual way. After the service we will dedicate the newly planted tree in the churchyard, which is part of The Queen’s Green canopy (please note: we will not be able to stream this part). And – weather permitting – you are invited to bring a picnic and enjoy it in our churchyard. In the afternoon family games will be available and from 3pm to 5pm we will have the first of seven Royal Vestry Teas (whatever the weather)!
At all these events we would like to give you a beautifully illustrated book “Our Faithful Queen” as a gift. Do make sure to also pick up the special Jubilee issue of Denham Parish News. If you don’t live locally you can download a PDF of it here…
I look forward to seeing many of you over the next days.
Best wishes,
Christoph Lindner, Rector
Platinum Jubilee: Book your tickers for our Alternative Beacon Bonanza now!
You can now book your tickets for the Alternative Beacon Bonanza on Thursday 2 June, 8-9.45pm at St Mary’s.
For more information and to book your tickets, please click here…
An Invitation to Bishop Steven’s Visit
The Bishop of Oxford, Steven Croft, will be visiting our deanery on Thursday 5th May. All are invited to the evening event and service at St Mary’s Chesham. Please find all the details on the poster below.
BRF Centenary Celebration service
Our mission partner BRF is celebrating a special service to mark its 100-year history.
It will premier on Sunday 24 April at 3pm on their Youtube channel. You can also watch it afterwards.
Catch up on Easter Sunday…
What a wonderful Easter Sunday we had!
To read Christoph’s message about being resurrection people, click here…
If you missed our Easter family service you can catch up by clicking here…
Tomorrow: The Bells of St Mary’s!
We learnt about the bells in the December 2021 edition of Denham Parish News. Now we are pleased to announce that the Universities Association of Change Ringers will be visiting St Mary’s to ring our bells on Saturday 9 April at 10am as part of their spring outing to ring at various churches.
Do come along and listen!
“The Universities Association of Change Ringers was founded in 1943 to bring together past and present ringers from different universities. Our Spring Day visit of St Mary’s Denham is our first step in the water after the lockdowns. Perhaps of interest is that the Spring Day’s organiser’s first Quarter Peal was rung at Denham in 1968.”