St Mary’s Reopening Weekend (23-26 February 2023)

We’re delighted to celebrate the reopening of St Mary’s on the final weekend of February 2023 with free events for all ages. For all events on Thursday and Saturday, you must book in advance.

Three Job Opportunities in the Parish: Apply by 17 February

St Mary’s and the Parish of Walthamstow are excited to advertise three new roles, each of which will help us manage and or promote our buildings and activities as a church and Parish. Please see below for a description of each role, with a full PDF attachment for each job opening that includes details on how to apply alongside a full job specification for each role. Applications for all three jobs must be recevied by 12pm on Friday 17th February 2023.  

Advent & Christmas 2022 at St Mary’s

Join us for Advent and Christmas as we reopen Walthamstow’s ancient church and oldest building to the whole community on 11 December with two morning services of Holy Communion at 9am and 10.30am, followed by Orchestral Carols at 6pm.

St Mary’s Quiz Night on Saturday 8 October

We’re holding a Quiz Night in the Welcome Centre this Saturday, 8 October, to raise money for our Creative Church regeneration project. 

Tickets for the Quiz Night – which starts at 7.30pm and will see teams of 8 compete – are £10 for adults (£10.70 with fees), and £7.50 (£8.15 with fees) for children and young people ages 10-17.

Remembering HM Queen Elizabeth II

You are invited to join us for private prayer, reflection, to light a candle, or to pay tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth II by signing a book of condolence on Friday (9/9) as well as on Saturday (10/9) in the St Mary’s Welcome Centre.

St Mary’s Launches Chair Sponsorship Campaign

St Mary’s Church is Walthamstow’s oldest building, and with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, is undergoing major renovations to make it an inclusive centre of arts and culture – open to the whole community, throughout the week – alongside being a working church. We’re inviting you to be part of this history-making regeneration of one of Walthamstow’s most-loved and notable buildings by sponsoring a chair, which will include an engraved dedication of your choice.

Creative Church Building Project Update (7/4)

Have you been wondering how our National Lottery Heritage Fund-supported Creative Church regeneration project is going? Revd Dave Edmondson has put together this brilliant video, which summarises where things stand […]

Holy Week & Easter 2022

Join us for Holy Week and Easter 2022 at St Mary’s and in the Parish of Walthamstow. We’ll begin Holy Week on Tuesday 12 April with a free printmaking activity in […]

St Mary’s Clothes Swap: Saturday 19 March, 3-5pm

The way we buy and wear clothes has a huge impact on the climate. That’s why Fiona Fouhy and Abby Stanley-Jones from our Eco Church team are organising a Clothes Swap on Saturday afternoon, 19 March, at the Welcome Centre from 3-5pm to help us be more sustainable in our fashion choices and to recycle and reuse clothes, shoes and bags that are in good condition but no longer used.