Learning Community on Compassion Starts 7 Nov

We’ll be discussing Karen Armstrong’s ’12 Steps to a Compassionate Life’ Wednesdays, 8.30-9.30pm, after Vespers at St Mary’s Walthamstow starting 7 November 2018. We’ll examine one of the steps each week, with the group lasting 12 weeks in total. The church will be purchasing books; however, we ask for a £5 donation per book if […]

Register for our Mayoral Assembly

As St Mary’s, we’re concerned about the impact our polluting housing, transport and economic systems are having on us and on our neighbours – from childhood asthma to insecure work and poorly-insulated housing, we need London to become a greener city, and we need to make sure that the changes benefit low-income communities, who often […]

Second Sunday of Easter (11/4)

Welcome to our service for 11th April, the Second Sunday of Easter. Today we’ll think about the disciple Thomas – specifically his questions, his declaration of faith in Jesus and the implications of Thomas’s story on our journey of faith. Today’s service is led by Revd Vanessa Conant, who is also preaching. Our scripture readings […]

Morning Prayer for Eastertide

Here is our Morning Prayer liturgy for Eastertide, which is the season that runs from Easter to Ascension Day. Download it below.

Easter Sunday (4/4)

“He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’” -Luke 24:6-7 He has risen! Welcome to our Easter Sunday service, which […]

Tenebrae (31/3)

Welcome to our service of Tenebrae on Wednesday of Holy Week. Tenebrae means ‘darkness’ or ‘shadows’ in Latin, and if we were physically together in the church building this evening, tonight’s service would get progressively darker, with candles blown out after every Gospel reading. Tonight is about hearing the story of Jesus’s arrest and crucifixion […]

Holy Week and Easter 2021

You are warmly invited to join us for Holy Week and Easter 2021, with plenty of opportunities to engage online, and three opportunities to gather in person (booking required for all in-person services due to social distancing – see registration details below). We’ll have services every day beginning the week of Monday 29th March, with […]

Morning Prayer: Passiontide

Our Morning Prayer liturgy for Passiontide, the last two weeks of Lent, is available below. We live-stream Morning Prayer every weekday to our Facebook page at 8.30am, and all are welcome. Morning Prayer Passiontide  

Palm Sunday (28/3)

Welcome to our online service for Palm Sunday. Today, we begin Holy Week 2021 by remembering Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem only to be arrested and put on trial days later. Our service will help us re-live the story of this extraordinary week as we journey together towards Easter Sunday. Our Palm Sunday service is […]

No Vespers This Evening (24/3)

There will be no new Vespers this evening as our team takes a break, but why not catch up with a previous reflection? We catalogue all of our online gatherings on the Vespers page of our website, which you can access here.

Passion Sunday (21/3)

Welcome to our service for Passion Sunday, which is the beginning of Passiontide, or last two weeks of Lent. On Passion Sunday, our perspective begins to shift to the cross as we approach Holy Week. Today’s service is led by Revd Adam Childs with a sermon from Revd Vanessa Conant, scripture readings from Becky Childs […]