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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.
October’s Butty Van is on Wednesday 14th October and is being hosted by Malcolm and Debbie Price at Pool House Farm, Obley SY7 0BY, what3words: spotty.listening.exhale
We shall be serving the usual menu of bacon/sausage butties, tea/coffee and cake. We look forward to seeing you there. Janet Tudor 01547 520293, jetstream4000@gmail.com
Prayer Group will be meeting at St Mary’s, BUCKNELL on Friday 30th October at 2.00pm. You are welcome to join us (usually a group of five or six) as we pray together for the needs of our community and each other, for half an hour.
Drinks and biscuits afterwards. Contact Eileen 01547 530659 or Karen 530002 for more details.
Check the church notice board for upcoming service information.
CHAPEL LAWN SERVICES
Harvest Service We are holding our annual Harvest service on Friday 2nd October at 7.00pm. As usual children will be involved presenting items at the altar. The service will be followed by a delicious ploughman’s supper, with desserts, in the village hall. ( £5 /adult and children are free) We hope you can join us.
Advance notice: Remembrance Service on Sunday 8th November at 10.50am.
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
Ramble and Lunch What an amazing turnout for lunches this year (our 33rd), despite the drizzle which didn’t dampen appetites! We are so thankful for all the folk who came along, donated salads, desserts and draw prizes to make the event such a success. We are still calculating what we have raised for the church.
Many thanks to all those who volunteered to set up, serve food, wash-up, clear plates, sell tickets and clean up afterwards. Especial thanks to our church wardens: Christine who masterminds R&L and James who supplies and mans the bar and who always bakes a mouth-watering pavlova!
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.
