Christ Comes First

Welcome to the website of St Mary's Church, Ash Vale.

We are a congregation with a wide range of backgrounds, styles and tastes who worship together, typically, twice in the morning on Sundays and meet together in home groups throughout the week.

We enjoy an active Sunday school and youth work, benefiting from good links with the local community, particularly schools.

Latest News

Normandy Players Present …

OUT OF FOCUS a COMEDY by Peter Gordon At Normandy Village Hall 31st May – 2nd June at 7:45, doors open at 7:15 Tickets: £8.00     Box Office: 01252 314585 email: mel.trouserpress@gmail.com web: normandyplayers.org.uk an amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd

Harriet Leefe

So what have the young people and children of St Mary’s been up to? Pancake Day We had some great pancake celebrations this year – on the Monday we made pancakes on the wharf all afternoon and they were very yummy. On Pancake Day we had a lot of fun making pancakes at St Mary’s [...]

Meet the local … Shaoping Tang (Part 1)

Tell us a bit about your childhood – where are you from originally? From the province of Hunan, in central south China. I was born in an ancient country town, but when I was eight, we moved to the chief city of our county, where my father was CP official – details?. He joined the [...]

CHAPEL YOUTH THEATRE

AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 11-16… If you are 11-16 and have a passion for Drama, Art, Music and Dance! Then this is the programme for you! It is an 8 week programme where we will be devising a piece leading up to a performance! Everything from the direction of the performance to [...]

Christian Aid Week

Thank you for all you do to support Christian Aid. This year Christian Aid week is 13th -19th May 2012 Christian Aid began as the churches’ response to the horrors of the refugee crisis in Europe after the Second World War and has become the country’s biggest ‘house-to-house’ collection with 300,000 volunteers delivering envelopes and [...]

Christian Meditation

ASH VALE CHRISTIAN MEDITATION GROUP meets Wednesdays in the Chapel at 7.30pm.  The next meeting is Wednesday 25th April. All are welcome.

The Chapel needs YOU! Volunteer Drive - Wednesday 21st March 2012

The Chapel needs YOU!!

 

On Wednesday 21st March 2012 we are holding a Volunteer Drive at the Chapel from 6-8pm.  We are looking for volunteers from the local community who can give their time, financial support, prayers and resources to the Chapel to help us do up the buil [...]

Are you an art lover?

Are you an art lover?

Come and explore the magical world of art by taking art tours with Chapel Tours.  Based in Ash Vale and in association with St Mary's Church, Chapel Tours aims to provide quality and engaging art tours to London galleries and to some of the great artistic [...]

Filmshare Evenings - all Welcome!

Why not come along to one of our Filmshare evenings?  No entrance charges - no membership fees. Come along and enjoy coffee, cake and a great film. Friends welcome.  We'd love to welcome you - have a look at the [...]


Fundraising at St. Mary's

As a registered charity, St. Mary's church runs a number of projects. Please look at our fundraising page for more information.

Uganda 2012

Every 2 years, a group of volunteers visits the Kasese District in Western Uganda to support schools and communities in this very poor area. We help in a practical way to overcome the underlying issues of poverty and access to education.


The Parishioner

St. Mary's church has been printing and delivering a parish magazine to every house in the parish for many years. Now we are bringing it to the internet. You can find more information at The Parishioner.