Welcome to
St Mary Magdalen
Church Services and Events
Communion Services
Sundays - 10:00 a.m.
Wednesdays - 10:00 a.m.
both services are followed by refreshments
ALL WELCOME
September Events
Sunday 6
The Festival of Creation in Christ and Backpack Sunday.
At this service we will mark the beginning of Creation-tide, celebrating God's wonderful creation.
We will also be marking the beginning of the academic year with Backpack Sunday.
Friday 25
We will be hosting a Macmillan “Coffee Morning” on Friday 25th September 2-4 in church at St. Mary Magdalen’s.
Do come and join us to have a piece of cake, a cup of tea and chat with friends and at the same time raise funds for this very worthwhile charity.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Let not your heart be trouble: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
John 14:1
A letter from
the Churchwardens
to download the latest Benefice News click on the PDF
link here
26 August 2026
Dear Friends,
Well, here we are, we are now in a period of Interregnum or Vacancy and period of time between having a parish priests. But what happens next? I hear you ask. It always seems a bit scary at first but really, we are just finishing one chapter of parish life and moving onto the next. Most of the PCC at St Mary Magdalen, lesser so at St George’s has been here before, either here or elsewhere during their Christian life.
Basically, it’s Business as usual. Polly, Michael, Peter and Lesley have all undertaken more tasks around the day to day running of the benefice. And over the coming weeks and months we will no doubt be welcoming various priests to take services.
Rita and Carl at St Mary Magdalen, and Sue and Ann at St George’s are legally responsible for the running of the church and report directly into the Area Dean, Revd. Mike Smith. So, any questions or issues please come to us regardless of how small or large they maybe.
In terms of the process around the selection of a new priest. The churchwardens have had the first meeting with Revd Paul (Assistant Arch-deacon) and Revd Mike (Area Dean) and along with the PCC’s creating our Mission Action Plans and Parish Profile which will inform any applicants who we are, what we do, the challenges we face and are aspirations for the future. From there we will be able to advertise, start interviewing and shortlisting. As we move through the process we'll be asking for your comments and thoughts at regular intervals.
I'd like to say it's a quick process but the Church of England wheels move very slowly and takes time. It’s important to remember that normally we would have 3 months notice when a priest decided to move on so we have already been able to get alot of the groundwork in place. According to Revd. Mike the average vacancy in the deanery in 9 months but we think we should expect it to be slightly longer.
So, as we deal with the next few months, please do remember and pray for staff team, your churchwardens and the PCC as they deal with this extra responsibility.
If you have any questions at any time please do ask your Churchwardens.
Carl and Rita (Churchwardens at St Mary Magdalen)
Ann and Sue (Churchwardens at St George)
Safeguarding
This parish is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of the children and people of all ages in our church community. The parish Safeguarding Policy can be seen here. Further information and contact details are on our Safeguarding page.
