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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. |
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Latest NewsHarriet Leefe
St. Augustine once prayed, ‘I am seeking. I am hesitant and uncertain but will you, O God, watch over every step of mine and guide me in your way’. This is certainly a prayer I can relate to as I move into the third month of my new job as youth and children’s worker at [...] Meet the local … Barbara Stevens
How did you come to live in Ash Vale? We moved here in 1985 though we hadn’t really intended to choose Ash Vale. A strong reason was the presence of the train station which provided good access to work for my husband. What about your family? We have been greatly blessed to have four children [...] Knavery – Part 3
At this time of year we think of Nativity plays and other seasonal “happenings”. We think of this as being “normal” but it wasn’t always so… In medieval times books were all hand written and most were in Latin. Some were highly decorated with gold leaf and other costly materials. Books were very expensive and [...] My Alternative Christmas Meal
Generally, when we think of Scrooge (of A Christmas Carol fame) sitting down to Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day we imagine the fare as a good roasted goose or turkey with roast potatoes, brussel sprouts, stuffing, bread sauce and all the other trimmings with Christmas Pudding and rum sauce to follow. However, in other cultures [...] Alcohol Free Christmas Glögg
On Christmas morning Scandinavians often serve a traditional hot punch, in Norway this is called Glögg. Glögg is served without the fruit that is common in many British punch recipes. The standard recipe contains a fair amount of alcohol, but it is now common to make a non-alcoholic version. Many non-alcoholic versions of alcoholic drinks [...] 2011 Autumn Barn Dance
Our Autumn Barn Dance is taking place on Saturday 15th October in the Ash Centre. 7.00pm – 10.30pm Adults:£10 Call 01252 645090 for tickets 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 [...] THEATRE - Little Bulb Theatre is back in Ash Vale!
The wonderful Little Bulb Theatre is visiting St Mary's again! This time Little Bulb Theatre in conjunction with Farnham Maltings is staging "The marvellous & unlikely fete of Little Upper Downing" at St Mary's Church on Wednesday 2nd March, starting at 7pm. We can't w [...] Fundraising at St. Mary'sAs a registered charity, St. Mary's church runs a number of projects. Please look at our fundraising page for more information. |
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. The Chapel Project
St. Mary's Ash Vale is now running many activities at the Methodist Chapel on Wharf Road. This project has it's own website, please go and share in the vision at chapel.gutensite.com: Roots down, walls down, sharing Christ's love through hospitality, creativity and worship. Welcome! |
