Tomorrow we will continue with our theme “Life Lessons with Moses” and will ask the question: What will grow our faith and how much clear evidence do we need for a faith that will withstand the storms of life?
Please join us either at 9am or at 10.30am at St Mary’s. Both services will be with Holy Communion.
This year we are exploring a “HEALTHY HABIT” each month, always on the first Sunday. As this Sunday is also HARVEST THANKSGIVING, we have picked the habit of SHARING RESOURCES. We will do this both at the 9am Holy Communion and at the 10.30 All In service.
One excellent way of sharing our resources with those who struggle to put food on the table is to bring a supermarket gift card to one of our services. We will make sure they go to people in our community or are distributed through our Give&Share ministry.
The All-In format is for all ages – we will be together throughout the service and have the opportunity to respond to the theme in a variety of ways – on our own or with others, creatively or meditatively. Please note that there won’t be a livestream. We will however upload the talk later in the day.
Lenny the Lion has been living in St Mary’s Church since 1564, that’s 462 years. If you want to say ‘hello’ to him, you will find him resting in the front left corner. He’s tucked away a bit because he loves his sleep!
Help Lenny tell his story!
Write a short story about Lenny’s adventures.
Imagine the adventures Lenny has had over the years in our church and write a short story. Think about the people and animals he has met, the events taking place in church, the fun and the scary moments he has had. If you are a bit older you can link the story to something that happened in Denham or in England in the past and take your inspiration from that. Your story will bring this stone lion to life!
Colour in a picture of Lenny or make your own drawing.
The best stories and images will be printed as a booklet, with all proceeds going to our appeal.
You can post your story or image through St Mary’s letterbox (next to the vestry door around the left hand side of the front door of St Mary’s). Don’t forget to put your name and age and a contact number or email on the back. You can also email them to us…
Download the colouring sheet of Lenny here…
(A big thank you to Roz Read for creating the artwork for the Lenny colouring sheet)
Why not raise some money yourself?
You could use your time and gifts to wash a car, help with gardening… and give the money to our appeal.
You can post the money you’ve raised through our church letterbox in a sealed envelope with the words “Fundraising” on it, or ask a grown-up to transfer the money for you (again: ask them to put “Fundraising” on the bank transfer or back of cheque). Click here to find out about ways to give…
A note for adults:
We launched our campaign “Two buildings, one community, a future worth investing in” at St Mary’s Festival on Sunday, 13 September 2026. Our goal is to raise £300,000 for St Mary’s Church and St Mark’s Hall. Our stone lion connects both buildings – it can be found at the feet of the tomb effigies of the first patron, Sir Edmund Peckham, and his wife. The lion is also the heraldic animal of St Mark. With “Lenny the Lion” we want to give everyone a stake in helping us preserve and improve our buildings for future generations – it doesn’t matter how old you are or how much you can contribute. You can download the full brochure with all details of our campaign here…
(Christoph Lindner, Rector)
For the latest update about the building work at St Mark’s, click here…
It’s a new month and a new term! As always on the first Sunday of the month, we will have our “All In” Service at 10.30am – all involved, all included, all inspired and all in the room. Therefore we won’t stream the service live on Youtube. We are aiming the upload the talk by the end of the day.
Both at 9am and 10.30am we will start our new monthly theme “Healthy Habits” where we are exploring practices that will shape our life. Tomorrow’s theme is “Making Disciples” and fittingly, we will have a baptism at 10.30am.
COMING UP:
Sunday 13 September – St Mary’s Festival. In the morning there won’t be a 9am service and in our joint 10.30 service we will celebrate the hymns of Timothy Dudley Smith (you will know “Tell out my soul” or “Lord for the years). We still have some tickets left for the piano concert with Seth Schultheis at 4pm. Click here to reserve your ticket…
Our aim is to build meaningful relationships with a small number of mission partners (expressed through prayer, financial support, practical help, exposure visits, etc.). This updated list was approved and formally adopted at the APCM in April 2024.
TRINITY (with SHOC)– This local homeless charity and has an immediate impact on the local area.
CARE FOR THE FAMILY “… aims to promote strong family life and to help those who face family difficulties.” . Denham Parish has been running CFF parenting courses for several years. CFF’s vision, including a focus in supporting Christian families as they help their children grow in faith, chimes with our focus on young people and families.
BRF MINISTRIES “offer creative programmes and resources for individuals, churches and schools.” Denham Parish has been connected with BRF for 60 years. We have been blessed by their daily bible reading notes. They have a focus on schools work and new ministries for families and children, and are the publishers of Messy Church resources.
WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATIONS “To see God’s Word made accessible to all people in the language of their hearts.” This worthwhile cause reaches out to communities in remote places that do not have the bible in their own language or people that are illiterate. Our Parish has a connection with Samuel Kpagheri (originally set up by the St Mark’s service and committee). In 2025 we had a visit from Samuel.
TEARFUND “changes the lives of people who have suffered due to conflict and poverty, working through local churches”. Church members have held fund raising events for this in the past. Tearfund’s excellent work has been recognised by qualifying for the gift-matching programme of the UK government in 2024.
Join us for our last talk in our August series “Psalms for Life” – both at 9am (Holy Communion) and 10.30am, which will also be streamed live on our YouTube channel…
In the afternoon we will have our first Café Church in the new location – Denham Garden Village, Village Hall. For the duration of the building work at St Mark’s this will be our temporary home for Café Church, always on the LAST Sunday of the month. As always, you can come from 3.15pm for a cuppa. The service will start at 3.30pm.
This Sunday we are continuing with our series “Psalms for Life”. Janet Allen will be preaching at both services – 9am and 10.30am at St Mary’s.
At 10.30, Axel Melis will be baptised. To join us live on our YouTube channel, click here…
Of course the recording will be available afterwards, too.
St Mark’s Hall is now closed for building work. Find out more about our plans here. Scroll down for the latest update.
St Mark’s Hall is one of two major building projects being undertaken by Denham Parish Church. Alongside the redevelopment of St Mark’s, essential repair and conservation work is needed at St Mary’s Church. Together, the projects will protect our heritage and create welcoming, sustainable spaces for the future.
Explore the full Building Projects appeal
St Mark’s Community Hall, built in 1968 to serve the growing community of Denham Green, now needs refurbishment and extension to meet the needs of today’s residents. The initial funding is in place and planning permission has been received from Buckinghamshire Council. Two community meetings in April showed resounding support for these plans by local residents.
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a renewed and enlarged St Mark’s Community Hall, ensuring that both the historic parish church (St Mary’s) and the contemporary hall (St Mark’s) continue to serve our parish for many years to come.
Planning for the redevelopment of St Mark’s began in 2017. Following detailed design work, a pause during the Covid pandemic and further review, we applied for planning permission in April 2026 and were granted permission at the end of August.
The project includes
You can download the full brochure with all details of our campaign here…
(Above: Removal of asbestos in August 2026.)
Building work started today with the clearing of the site for the new hall.
All in a week’s work!
On Sunday we will continue to reflect on one of the most powerful passages of the Bible. Romans chapter 8 has sometimes been called the “Mount Everest” of the Bible. I spoke about the first part last Sunday, and am encouraging you to catch up, as this Sunday is a continuation (the readings and talk start at 44min 30 sec):
This Sunday we will have a 9am and a 10.30am service, both with Holy Communion. During the summer holidays there is no Sunday Club, but there will be clipboards with activity sheets for children.
Against all expectations, our livestream did work last Sunday, so with the usual health warning, here is the link for this Sunday’s 10.30am service…
Tomorrow we will have a 9am and a 10.30am service (with Sunday Club). Both services will be at St Mary’s and with Holy Communion.
Our temperamental internet connection continues to cause us headaches – we will have arranged for an engineer to visit next week.
If our live stream fails, we will upload the recording afterwards. The best place to experience our services is at St Mary’s. If you want to connect with us online for the 10.30am, you can try the link below and we apologise in advance if the stream breaks down.
St Mary’s Church Office
Village Road
Denham UB9 5BH
Tel: 01895 832771
