Home Groups

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St Mary's has a number of active home groups that meet regularly to share fellowship and bible study together. These groups are as follows:

Wednesday Mornings

Two groups meet on a Wednesday morning, one at Glenys and Wilfred Newman's house and the other at Tony and Jenny Farmer's. They are both currently at capacity.

Wednesday Evenings

This group meets at Mark and Trish Thomas's house and typically uses the Life Builder series of studies. This group is actively welcoming new members. For more information, please contact Trish and Mark.

Thursday Evenings

This group meets at Andy and Natalie Armstrong's house and is the newest of our home groups, having most recently studied Paul's letter to the Philippians. It is actively welcoming new members - please contact Andy and Natalie for more information.

Welcoming New Life Groups

We always welcome those who would like to start their own groups, whether for bible study or in some other area of activity. St Mary's rich and diverse church life is substantially lay-led and many of the activities that you will see on this website have come about through the faith, energy and inspiration of individuals and small groups across the church.

What is God calling you to create or lead? If you have an idea for a new group or activity at St Mary's, feel free to chat it through with one of the ministry team or simply find a few like-minded people and make a start.

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Planning your Visit

A Warm Welcome!

The following information is specifically for those planning to visit us for the first time, so that you know, beforehand, what to expect on a Sunday morning.

Where and When

We meet at St Mary's Church in Church Lane, Wendover, for our two main Sunday services each week, which start at 9.00am and 10.45am. For your first visit, we recommend arriving 10-15 minutes early to ensure you get a parking space and find somewhere to sit before the service begins. When you arrive, you will be greeted by someone on our Welcome Team.

Plan your journey

Accessibility

There is wheelchair access, and a sound loop for anyone who needs it. Please let one of the Welcome Team know on your arrival and they will help you to get set up. There are disabled toilets in the Church Centre, which you can find through the door towards the front of the church on the left hand side.

Our Main Sunday Services

Our 9am Holy Communion is a more traditional service, including music and hymns in an established style but using up-to-date language. It will probably appeal to those who are used to more formal Anglican worship. There is no provision for children at this service.

Our 10.45am Sunday Worship services follow a more informal style with contemporary worship songs. These services are typically most suitable for families. On the second and fourth Sundays of each month, we share Communion at this service and Ignite (for children aged 5-11) and Surge (our youth group for 11-16s) run on these Sundays. The first and third Sundays are All Age services, designed to be rich in teaching and learning for people of all ages - from 2 to 92!

You can find details of our other services here.

Getting Connected

Small Groups

While Sundays are a great way to meet new people, it is often in smaller gatherings that you can really get to know someone. Being part of one of our small groups allows you to make new friends, share together and support each other. We have a variety of groups that meet throughout the week, some afternoons and some evenings. Check out our Church Life section on this website to see if there’s a group that you'd like to join, or we can put you in touch with a small group leader who will be more than happy to invite you along to their group.

Serving and Volunteering

If you want to get involved in the life of the church, why not sign up to serve on a team. We are always looking for volunteers to get involved in different aspects of our work.

Get in touch with us to plan your visit

If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! St Mary's is open every day from 9am to 6pm and you would be very welcome to come and have a look around before you come to a Sunday service. In the meantime, please fill in the form below if there is anything you'd like to kn

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We hope that whoever you are and wherever you come from, you will feel at home at our church.

Best Wishes,

Sally
Rev Sally Moring