to the website of St. Mary's, Gillingham. We hope this web-site will tell you more about the worship, fellowship, mission and ministry of our parish. If you are not a member of St. Mary's we hope we may be able to welcome you at St. Mary's for a visit, to worship with us or join us.
Visit this site often because the information is constantly being updated, and news added.
This site is in the process of being built so many pages do not yet exist - if you can't find what you are looking for please contact us.
We hope this site will be of use or interest to a number of groups:
- visitors to the town,
- members of St. Mary's,
- other locals who would like to know more about their parish church,
- those with past links to the town or church.
If there is something you think would be useful to have on this site which we don't (and no apparent plans to) please let the webmaster (Teresa) know.
To make it useful to all we will be seeking to avoid or explain "jargon". This aspect has yet to be developed; if you see words you would like explained suggest them to the webmaster.
We hope the menus - both top and side - and sitemap will enable you to find that of interest to you (if you have difficulty, others probably will too so please spare a moment to let the webmaster know so she can improve the structure).
St. Mary's news ...
Pantomime
See pictures from "A-lad-in a manger", performed on 9th and 10th January.
The Rector's retirement
- 26th October 2008
New chasuble
- 10th August 2008
Families Weekend
- 19th - 20th July 2008
Visit of Bishop Dolli
from Lui Diocese in the Sudan
- visited Gillingham on 4th July 2008
Cathedral Flower Festival
- Flower Arrangers from St. Mary's were involved
in June 2008
Stoles for the Sudan
made by members of St. Mary's Mothers' Union,
blessed on 30th March 2008
Quilts for sick children made by members of St. Mary's, blessed on 30th March 2008
New lectern fall - dedicated on 28th October 2007
Flower Festival - take an online tour
New altar frontal - read about and see pics of it and the windows that inspired it
Christmas tree festival
Report (with slideshow) of the 2006 event
30th Anniversary of the Priesting of the Rector (2006)
We're now on twitter: follow us to learn (or be reminded) of special services and events, and of new stuff on this website.
RSS feed of our twitter updatesComing events ...
Seeking a new priest!
We are in an "interregnum" following the retirement of our Rector.
If you may be interested in this vacancy please see our Parish Profile (PDF, 3MB)
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... other news
New Bishop of Sherborne announced
The Revd. Dr. Graham Kings will be consecrated as the next Bishop of Sherborne on the 24th June 2009 in Westminster Abbey.
coming to St. Mary's?
Worship with us
All are welcome to attend services here.
what to expect, our style of worship and what it means
Home visits
Please let the Clergy know of anyone who would like a visit or, if unable to get to Church, would like to receive communion at home.
Please contact the Office - tel. 01747 821598,
send an e-mail.
When is the church open?
We aim for:
11.00am-12noon
2.30-3.30pm
at this time of year but we can't promise this so please check 1st if you are coming a long away specially
your faith journey online
There are many sites on the internet to help you pray, read the Bible, explore and understand your faith and relate faith to life. Links to a few of these are included throughout this site on the appropriate pages, but here are a few. (n.b. links to external sites open in new browser window or tab)
Prayer
A daily prayer site for any time of day, based on the Anglican calendar. Including Bible readings and a hymn.
Daily Prayer from the Church of England:
Morning prayer
Evening prayer
Night prayer
Site(s) of the month
Dave Walker, Church Times cartoonist and official Lambeth Conference Cartoonist, is being threatened with Libel Action by the new owner of SPCK bookshops - Mark Brewer. For 2 years he has been reporting the story of alleged mismanagement. Read more about the unfair way he is being treated here.
why not suggest something for this slot?
this site
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please help by provide content (articles and photos), ideas, links, news
Contact the webmaster (Teresa)
Provide feedback:
- say what you would like on the site, report mistakes, what you find hard to use, jargon you don't understand.
Recently added pages:
Report of Flower Festival (with online tour) (added 23-07-07)
New Altar Frontal (added 22-07-07)
Parish Boundaries (added 28-05-07)
Guestbook (added 28-05-07)
Map for members and guests (added 28-05-07)
The Rector's 30th Anniversary of Ordination (added 02-04-07)
"Impact" (the parish magazine) (added 29-03-07)
The Parish Office (added 29-03-07)
Easter Holidays Activities for Children (added 26-03-07)
Church news (added 26-03-07)
Light a candle (added 24-03-07)
Site history (added 19-03-07)
Lent Course 2007 (added 18-02-07)
Under 5s Fun Praise (added Feb 07)
Flower Festival (added 7-02-07)
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