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St Mary’s Church
St Mary’s Parochial Church Council welcomes you to all services.
One of seven parishes in the Middle Marches Benefice which comprises the parish churches of Bedstone, Bucknell, Chapel Lawn, Clungunford, Hopton Castle, Llanfair Waterdine and Stowe.- find out more
Church Wardens: Christine Oakley 01547 530585, James Middleton 530247
PCC team: Barry Palmer 530106 (Treasurer), Karen Limbrick 530002 (Secretary), Di Cosgrove 530347, Andrew Gibbs, George Roberts, Mark Limbrick and Janet Tudor.
BUTTY VAN won’t be operating in March and April during lambing. We look forward to seeing you in May. Any queries please call Janet Tudor 01547 520293 or email jetstream4000@gmail.com Always posted on Facebook’s Bucknell and Clun pages.
Prayer group will be meeting alternately in St Mary’s, CHAPEL LAWN and St. Mary’s, BUCKNELL on the last Friday of each month at 2.00pm. You are welcome to join us as we pray together for the needs
of our community and each other, for half an hour. We are usually a group of five or six. Tea and biscuits afterwards. Contact Eileen 01547 530659 or Karen 530002 for more details. That will be: 27th March, 24th April, 29th May and 26th June.
Check the church notice board for upcoming service information.
CHAPEL LAWN SERVICES
Easter children’s activities will take place again on Good Friday – 3rd April, from 2.00pm.
Children are invited to spend Good Friday afternoon at St Mary’s Church and village hall with their parents or carers. There will be an Easter egg hunt around the churchyard, Easter trail, gardens to
make for the Easter Day service, various other crafts and storytelling in church. Hot cross buns may make an appearance! Parents/carers and children up to 11 years old are very welcome. Older
children are welcome to come to help with activities.
Easter Day Sunday 5 th April. Rev John Daniels will lead us in Holy Communion at 11.15am. This is a joyous occasion – celebrating the resurrection of Jesus – when the church will be full of flowers. Easter Day was the traditional day for christenings and we are pleased to say that the Whitton family will be bringing their two girls to be baptised during the service. Come and join us at this special service.
1st Sunday of the month at 9.30am – Holy Communion led by a local priest. A Holy Communion service generally takes place somewhere within our Benefice every Sunday.
3rd Sunday of the month at 9.30 am Morning Prayer (led by local worship leaders). This service will be Common Worship or from the Book of Common Prayer.
All are very welcome to attend services.
CHURCH NEWS
St Marys Church, indeed our benefice (group of churches) has been without a priest since October 2024. After several meetings with Archdeacon Fiona to put together the pack of information, our benefice advertised the post twice last Autumn and in the New Year. No eligible applicants applied on either occasion. The Bishop of Hereford came to Bedstone on 11th March and met with benefice representatives to discuss the way forward. When our new Archdeacon Rev’d Sam Hustwayte has settled into post (after her collation on May 10th ) we expect that the third appointment process will be underway to attract applicants. We have been warned that there are far more posts than available applicants! We will wait to see what happens……
PREVIOUS EVENTS
The Annual Church Meeting took place on 15th February 2026 after our Morning Prayer service. We were pleased when a Sunday regular volunteered to join the PCC, as our numbers had dropped. The Annual Report was accepted as a true record and is available to all on our church electoral roll. Contact PCC secretary Karen on limbrick85@btinternet.com for a copy.
2026 World Day of Prayer took place in Middle Marches benefice on Friday 6th March 2026. The service had been prepared for us by women in Nigeria and took place in Clungunford church.
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